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legal welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 5 things you don’t know about
flamethrowers yeah I sure like to set
those people on fire over there
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re bringing you
5 interesting facts you may not have
known about these flames spewing weapons
of war when Thor’s heavy doesn’t carry a
lot of fuel it’s only a few seconds of
burn number 5 they are not that useful
in warfare these hardcore weapons don’t
cause nearly as many direct fatalities
as you’d expect when they’re deployed in
combat modern combat in particular
[Applause]
most deaths attributed to the weapon
happened when enemy soldiers are flushed
out of cover which opens them up to be
shot or blown up by far more
conventional weapons add in the fact
that a hit on the flamethrowers fuel
tank can cause the entire contraption to
go up in flames
including the operator and they aren’t
actually very safe or practical when it
comes to warfare most major armies don’t
even use them anymore
number four they’ve been around since
ancient times
you think weapons like this are an
exclusively modern invention but you’d
be mistaken obviously the use of fire as
a weapon has been around forever but
devices that shoot a stream of fire by
propelling a flammable substance have
actually been around for quite a long
time around 900 AD the Chinese employed
a pump device called the pen Watchi
which worked pretty much exactly like a
modern flamethrower but was mounted on a
ship and used exclusively for naval
warfare even earlier one was used by the
Greeks in the Peloponnesian War way back
in 400 BC number three the modern
version was invented in Germany the
flamethrower as we know it today was
invented in Germany circa 1901 courtesy
of a scientist named a Ricard Fiedler
when World War one broke out
Fiedler’s invention proved very useful
and terrifying an awful thanks to its
ability to burn out enemies who were dug
into foxholes and trenches the weapon
proved so useful at that type of attack
that England and France got in on the
action
producing their own powerful variants
the livens large gallery flame projector
and the shield flamethrower respectively
following the end of the Great War the
Treaty of Versailles banned the German
army from using the weapon in future
conflicts number two their design was
refined during World War two when World
War two began Germany broke from the
Treaty of Versailles and the
flamethrower became a tool of their army
once again over the course of the war
both Germany and the United States made
extensive use of them both refining the
design and experimenting with new
applications before long tank mounted
flamethrowers like the German flamp
answer or the American m67 Zippo tank
became regular sites on the battlefield
in the Pacific Theater backpack mounted
units were widespread
thanks to their usefulness in trench
warfare they may not have been military
game changers but they effectively sewed
terror and death number 1 you can own
one despite what you may imagine or
whether you think it’s insane it’s
entirely legal to own a flamethrower or
similar weapon in most of the United
States California and Maryland are the
only two states to put laws in place
prohibiting the sale or ownership of
such devices everywhere else however it
is completely lawful and surprisingly
easy to get your hands on one in stark
contrast to places like the UK where
private citizens are prohibited from
owning them in early 2018
Tesla guru Elon Musk even began selling
his own which ran for 500 bucks a pop
and sold out relatively quickly do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
legal welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 5 things you don’t know about
flamethrowers yeah I sure like to set
those people on fire over there
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re bringing you
5 interesting facts you may not have
known about these flames spewing weapons
of war when Thor’s heavy doesn’t carry a
lot of fuel it’s only a few seconds of
burn number 5 they are not that useful
in warfare these hardcore weapons don’t
cause nearly as many direct fatalities
as you’d expect when they’re deployed in
combat modern combat in particular
[Applause]
most deaths attributed to the weapon
happened when enemy soldiers are flushed
out of cover which opens them up to be
shot or blown up by far more
conventional weapons add in the fact
that a hit on the flamethrowers fuel
tank can cause the entire contraption to
go up in flames
including the operator and they aren’t
actually very safe or practical when it
comes to warfare most major armies don’t
even use them anymore
number four they’ve been around since
ancient times
you think weapons like this are an
exclusively modern invention but you’d
be mistaken obviously the use of fire as
a weapon has been around forever but
devices that shoot a stream of fire by
propelling a flammable substance have
actually been around for quite a long
time around 900 AD the Chinese employed
a pump device called the pen Watchi
which worked pretty much exactly like a
modern flamethrower but was mounted on a
ship and used exclusively for naval
warfare even earlier one was used by the
Greeks in the Peloponnesian War way back
in 400 BC number three the modern
version was invented in Germany the
flamethrower as we know it today was
invented in Germany circa 1901 courtesy
of a scientist named a Ricard Fiedler
when World War one broke out
Fiedler’s invention proved very useful
and terrifying an awful thanks to its
ability to burn out enemies who were dug
into foxholes and trenches the weapon
proved so useful at that type of attack
that England and France got in on the
action
producing their own powerful variants
the livens large gallery flame projector
and the shield flamethrower respectively
following the end of the Great War the
Treaty of Versailles banned the German
army from using the weapon in future
conflicts number two their design was
refined during World War two when World
War two began Germany broke from the
Treaty of Versailles and the
flamethrower became a tool of their army
once again over the course of the war
both Germany and the United States made
extensive use of them both refining the
design and experimenting with new
applications before long tank mounted
flamethrowers like the German flamp
answer or the American m67 Zippo tank
became regular sites on the battlefield
in the Pacific Theater backpack mounted
units were widespread
thanks to their usefulness in trench
warfare they may not have been military
game changers but they effectively sewed
terror and death number 1 you can own
one despite what you may imagine or
whether you think it’s insane it’s
entirely legal to own a flamethrower or
similar weapon in most of the United
States California and Maryland are the
only two states to put laws in place
prohibiting the sale or ownership of
such devices everywhere else however it
is completely lawful and surprisingly
easy to get your hands on one in stark
contrast to places like the UK where
private citizens are prohibited from
owning them in early 2018
Tesla guru Elon Musk even began selling
his own which ran for 500 bucks a pop
and sold out relatively quickly do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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