The weapon of death tongue licks people into charcoal

Military experts say this is the world's most dangerous hand-held weapon.

The "death" flame blade is 9 meters long

Guy Chapman was a British infantryman stationed in the town of Ypres (Belgium). At the command of the commander, Chapman prepared to deal with the notorious German fascist army. Before the battle, he had heard of the most advanced and unimaginable weapons of the German army: machine guns, poison gas, and most notably the flamethrowers.

A soldier performs powerful fire spray gun.

Chapman said he had never seen flamethrowers at the time of 1917, although the weapon was born two years earlier.'When the gun head was lit, it spewed out a stream of red fire 6 to 9 meters long. The diameter of the fireball is up to 2 meters and glows in a corner of the sky , 'Chapman recalls after the encounter with the flamethrower.

'We are mostly in front of the power of this flamethrower. Even a garrison unit was killed by them and could not resist, " recalled Chapman.

This gun was originally used to kill trees.

Edwin Tunis in "The Weapon: The History of Paintings" writes: 'This is the most dangerous and effective weapon in World War II. There are no powerful guns like flamethrowers'.

British generals and politicians in the UK called the German flamethrowers 'device to unleash barbarism from the crazy scientific brains of Germany' . The German command itself was also very surprised with this weapon, so it ordered the establishment of a 'death unit ' , specializing in the use of flamethrowers in subsequent battles.

The most feared weapon in the world

American soldiers used flamethrowers during the war.

In 1901, the German inventor Richard Fiedler developed the first flamethrower. He studied and improved the old model for 6 years from 1908 to create two complete versions for the battlefield.

The German door fire gun is a handheld device with two containers, a fire oil container, and the other with compressed gas. The mixture of these two substances will spray through a long-barreled gun and increase attack efficiency. Even the Germans had tanks mounted with flamethrowers to destroy the enemy from afar.

The flamethrowers are very powerful and cause severe emotional damage and vitality to enemy soldiers. Immediately after the launch, many countries asked Germany not to use this dangerous weapon.The most effective flamethrowers in bunkers, underground tunnels and fortifications.

German soldiers used a flamethrower to burn a building.

When spraying fire, this weapon pushes out a stream of burning liquid and can penetrate blind spots. Guns work best within less than 10 meters. If mounted on a mechanical device, this gun can fire as far as 50-80 meters.

After seeing German troops using flamethrowers, the Allied army also designed similar weapons. During World War 2, if not for flamethrowers, American marines would be very hard to win in the Pacific region.

'We certainly can't take the island without using flamethrowers , ' said Bill Henderson, a veteran veteran who fought in Iwo Jima. 'The flamethrowers save many lives because we don't need to enter the battle cave. That place put a lot of mine traps and just entering, American soldiers would have no way out. '

Disadvantages of flamethrowers

Flamethrower is considered the world's most dangerous hand-held weapon.

Although powerful at close range, flamethrowers still have many inherent weaknesses. First of all, this gun is very heavy because the soldier needs to carry a fairly heavy fuel tank. This reduces their mobility and fighting ability.

'I saw a German soldier using a flamethrower at the Battle of Passchendale being hit by a fuel tank. He screamed a scary sound and burned like a torch, ' wrote Lieutenant P.Christison of the Sixth Cameron fighting unit.

Secondly, the fuel used up is very fast , especially it will run out after only a few shots. The fire-spraying time only lasts a few seconds. This makes the operator very accurate and careful when pulling the trigger.

German tanks equipped with flamethrowers.

On the battlefield, a flaming flamethrower is easy to turn into an indication for remote snipers to detect. At that time, people holding flamethrowers move slowly to become "good bait" for marksmanship.

In the end, the flamethrower was only effective on a short range and compared to other weapons of the same size , its damage was still far below. To increase combat effectiveness, soldiers using flamethrowers must approach the target and fire.

With military equipment fitted with flamethrowers, although they can spray fuel quite far away, compared to other tanks of the same type, the ability to attack is still poor.