Why Did The Military Stop Using Flamethrowers?

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[vexrmedia]

Also Geneva Convention kind of bans them, also better incendiary weapons that require less risk were produced... couldn't fit that all into the 1 min unfortunately.
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[MichaeltheCrank]

The moment you light up your flamethrower, every single enemy combatant
starts shooting at you. All of them.

[nathanr]

The tanks when pressurized are remarkably bullet resistant. Large caliber weapons will still penetrate but small arms weapons won’t do much.

[nancylitton]

My Uncle used a flame throwers in WWII. It not only was a psychological weapon on the enemy, it also worked on the soldiers that used them! Think about it...these guys saw a live human burn to death. It hit some soldiers harder than others....

[UrbanTomfoolery]

In ww2 when flamethrower operators were being trained their instructors would shoot the flamethrower tanks with their pistols and even rifles to show that they were incredibly bullet resistant and unable to be easily penetrated by small arms

[usmc-veteran-]

Woody Williams from West Virginia was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima, in which he used a flame thrower. That's Woody with the soft cover (hat), no helmet. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant

[photostudio]

My father was in the pacific in WW 2. In one of the few times he ever spoke about his combat experiences, we were watching a movie that showed soldiers just cleaning up the battlefield with flame throwers like it was the ultimate weapon. My father usually didn’t react to this stuff but said “That flamethrower would have been knocked out in ten seconds. You learn real quick not to be anywhere near the guy with the flamethrower”

[shinyman]

If I remember correctly, instructors would shoot an M2 tank full of fuel right infront of trainees to show them how hard it was to ignite them witha bullet. Scary, but neat stuff!

[woverby]

1984 South Korea, my unit was training with Korean marines and we were putting on a live fire demo for big brass. The last part of the assault had two Korean marines run up to a bunker and hose it down with flamethrowers. The flames sputtered on one, i saw the one marine fiddle with the others flamethrower and next there was big flash of flame and one guy came running down the hill engulfed in flames. Thats when i was very happy we didnt use them anymore. He was medevaced out, I always wondered what became of him.

[critixair]

With modern tech I feel like it could be a viable weapon again

[comediccarnage]

Generally flamethrowers don’t actually explode when they’re hit. It takes a really hot ignition like a magnesium starter to ignite the fuel. Usually when a flamethrowers tank is hit it’s the pressure inside the tank that can cause problems for the user.

[caseyh]

Tbh, we really haven't stopped using them. These days we just throw the flame thrower container at others and hope it explodes😅

[boydrid]

I worked around hot asphalt most of my early life. I've been in burn units a few times. I can't imagine setting someone on fire. It may have been needed. But I couldn't ever do it. After you have seen. Someone beg not to be put in a whirlpool. To get the dead skin off. You will never be the same.

[Doi-]

The American government still uses them, sort of, since there aren't pillbox and trench wars any more in the west we don't use them, instead we train for longer range engagements due to most recent wars being in open areas and civilian populated areas.

[denisereclosado]

In the 80s I was in the hospital at ft Irwin. The 1 man who was a patient. An awesome young man. His flathrower the moment he turned it on, blew up in his hands.

[ryancruz]

Grandpa: cqb? Back in my day it was the enemy who wanted to go out

[skipdreadman]

I entered service in 1982. In 31 years and three combat tours, the only flamethrower I ever saw was in a museum.

Also, the explosive flamethrower scene from Saving Private Ryan was debunked by Mythbusters years ago. So, you get a runs down and a "do not recommend."

I don't need to see more BS.

[cyberneticsiren]

I have a very clear memory being like 7 and asking my dad, who was a soldier, why we didn’t use flame throwers anymore and he looked me dead in the face and told me “it isn’t good to make enemies suffer longer than they should”

[tigerwoods]

I was playing COD with a friend and I mentioned how cool it would have been to be the flamethrower and he said something I would never have thought of. Imagine the psychological torment of the users hearing people scream as they are burned alive or seeing their skin melt off. I'm curious to know the stats on flamethrower personnel. How many died in combat, committed suicide or had a normal life after.

[midnitetoker]

The video was correct on it's first 2 points in that the was heavy and it did make the person using it a larger target. On the last point he was mostly wrong, in fact on D-Day in France there were no flamethrower explosions. From what I understand the tank would lose pressure if it became compromised.