Flamethrower.
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Published 2021-04-30
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0:00 Introduction
0:45 Origins
2:17 World War 1
3:48 World War 2
4:55 Contemporary Use
5:44 Depiction in Media
6:04 Military Settings
7:58 Horror
10:23 Anarchy & Sandbox
12:06 Afterburn
12:55 Viability
13:50 Conclusion
All Comments (21)
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“Flamethrowers are used by fictional super villains” MENTIONS ELON MUSK
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Ahoy: Return of the King
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"Carrying a Flamethrower makes you a priority target" Flashbacks to the entire enemy team bayonet charging me when I pick up a Flamethrower kit in Battlefield 1
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“You ought to be afraid. You’re made of meat.” Love this guy
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Germany: "Let's use abbreviations for our weapons and vehicles." USA: "You're called M1, you're called M1, EVERYTHING is called M1"
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An entire unit of flamethrowers commanded by a guy named BurnHard is Ace Attorney levels of nominative determinism
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"You see that mountain?" "You can BURN IT" amazing delivery right there
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Ahoy: "What sort of maniac would wield one?" "Do you believe in magic" starts playing
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"Where do you put the bayonet?" - Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, Marine Corps officer in WW2, when presented with a flamethrower
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Honestly, the thought of either choking to death with Carbon monoxide or risking getting permanent 3rd degree burn really sends chills down the spine
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Flamethrowers are used for: 1) clearing jungles; 2) making sure that your enemies live just long enough to horrify everyone else considering becoming your enemies.
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"its not the screams that keep me up at night, when you fire the M-2 its so loud, you cannot hear the screams. But when the tank is empty, its only embers and silence. Its not the screams that keep me up at night Bert, its the Silence"
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The irony of a unit armed exclusively with flamethrowers commanded by a man named Bernhard is amazing
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"War without fire is like sausages without mustard" The most German sentence I ever heard in my life
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"Fun" fact: The nossile design research was linked to the firefighting departments in Berlin, aiming to improve their gear. Coming around full circle, the first units of German flamethrower troops in WW1 then were mainly firefighters.
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The fact that Elon Musk is described as a “fictional villain” lmao
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“Causes of death are many and varied…old age, illness, suicide. But out of that long, morbid list, there's one end that people fear above all others: death by fire.”
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Hans get the Flammenwerfer
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America: I’ll designate this new flamethrower as the M1. Garand: … Carbine: … Thompson: …. Bofors: … Abrams: …
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"many of the toughest enemies are bullet proof. But fire? *Fire consumes all*" good god that gave me shivers
