Posted on 09/07/2016 7:02:38 AM PDT by w1n1
That's right a weapon that was invented in the first century. First Century weapons have to be relics? Not really.
Believe it or not, the flame thrower was invented in the First Century. the initial idea for the flame thrower came from the Greeks in the year 1 AD, taking the form of hand-pumped flamethrowers on board their naval ships.
Later, the modern flame thrower, or Flamnenwerfer in German, showed up around 1901, and since was used extensively in WWII, Vietnam, and other conflicts.
Nowadays, private ownership of flame throwers is not prohibited by federal law, but a few states have restrictions. Texas, as probably expected, doesn’t mind if you own one. Anyways, you can see a live one in action here.
Greek Fire protected the Byzantines (and hence the chaotic, medieval Western Europe) from Muslim Arabs and Turks for nearly 9 centuries.
I believe in the movie ‘Mystery Men’ they used a blamethrower...
“Where do you put the bayonet?”
Chesty Puller.
***Texas, as probably expected, doesn’t mind if you own one. ***
Probably, in times of drought, so ranchers can burn spines off cactus so the cattle can eat.
I’d prefer owning a real 21st century weapon.
Pity 922(o) prohibits anything meaningful less than 30 years old.
Now ye see, the problem you got there is all they got to do is hit that tank with a bullet and the whole thing goes sky high. You need the tank in defilade with a long hose so he doesn’t burn up.
Chesty Puller...a distant cousin to George Patton.
“Who among us has NOT fantasized about going to town mit ein flammenwerfer?”
Though I do alternate between wanting a flamethrower or a small tank cannon mounted on my car...to get rid of the left lane bandits.
“Pity 922(o) prohibits anything meaningful less than 30 years old.”
Vote accordingly.
My dad made a backpack flame thrower back in the early seventies. Used small oxygen bottles from GI surplus. Each held about 6-8 gallons. One was air and one was fuel. After burning down the shed and a few acres of pasture, it was converted to a mobile water gun. Water gun fights against the cousins were always one sided.
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