The Flamethrower
By Chris McNab, Steve Noon and Alan Gilliland
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From its combat debut to its deployment in Vietnam, Chechnya and elsewhere, the flamethrower has proven to be devastatingly effective, not least because of its huge psychological impact on enemy troops. Yet despite this, the weapon and its operators have always been vulnerable, suffering from a very particular set of limitations, all of which are explored here. Featuring expert analysis, first-hand accounts and a startling array of illustrations and photographs, this is the definitive guide to an extraordinary chapter in the history of military technology.
Chris McNab
Chris McNab is an author and editor specializing in military history and military technology. To date he has published more than 40 books, including A History of the World in 100 Weapons (2011), Deadly Force (2009) and Tools of Violence (2008). He is the contributing editor of Hitler's Armies: A History of the German War Machine 1939–45 (2011) and Armies of the Napoleonic Wars (2009). Chris has also written extensively for major encyclopedia series, magazines and newspapers, and he lives in South Wales, UK.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fascinating book about a type of weapon system that is seemingly obsolete. It shattered a few of the myths I believed in such as the lethality of the system to its operators. It turned out it was due to hitting the pressure tanks then blowing up, more than the fuel being hit and self-immolating the operator. Who’d a thunk, right? The book did only rapidly gloss over the dual use as a riot agent dispenser which I think leaves out the nuance of the system that is overlooked at least in later us models.