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Originally Posted by Capt Squid
Another particularly nasty close-in weapon is a rehash of an old idea dating back to the Greeks, but a relatively NEW invention, actually invented in 1901. attributed to Richard Fiedler. This weapon, too, required the user to have big brass ones.
What is it? Pix, pls. What replaced it?
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The Flammenwerfer, or flame-thrower. A favorite engineering weapon from WWI to Vietnam. The US Army discontinued their in 1978. They're largely been replaced by satchel charges or thermobaric warheads on rockets and missiles.
