Death by flamethrower is painless! (At least that’s what some thought during WWII)

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[Stumme-]

“They’re not screaming in agony. They’re screaming in the agony of defeat.”

[eljefeamericano]

"The flamethrower is painless!"
"You first, then."

[red_adept]

The flamethrower is a weapon of mercy, but the shotgun is a war crime. Makes perfect sense.

[pelmeni_va]

"They're not screaming that's just oxygen deprivation"

[connorperrett]

"Just ignore the screams of agony, boys. That's...uh...just a part of Japanese culture, they aren't actually in any pain."

[remmy]

"No, no, no. The horrid and blood-curdling screams of the firey damned are just a post-mortem reflex. They die instantly. Trust me, bro."

[ebutuoY_kcuF]

"War is never humane, but is a human thing to do."
-Sun Tzu (probably)

[aReallySwellGuy]

Once a Veteran of the Vietnam War (or in Vietnam The American War) came to my school to tell his story.
He described being trapped in a motel and hearing Vietnamese soldiers on the other side of the wall talking about breaching and killing him. The man was equipped with a flamethrower, and before he says what he does he gets very emotional because it was pure horror for everyone involved.

He stuck the nozzle of the flamethrower into the vent and pulled the trigger, which then blasted flames into adjacent room, and all he could do was sit and listen to them scream and cry.
He then explained that this is the reason the weapon is banned for all. It is a grotesque and inhumane way to handle a political issue.

[drudriver]

My Dad was a BAR gunner in the USMC during WW2 he would talk about flamethrowers and napalm and how fast they took the fight out of the Japanese.
Painless was not a word he used to describe it.

[dullahan]

Build a man a fire and you warm him for a day, set a man on fire and you warm him for the rest of his life.

[robertrobert]

DOD lawyers were trying their best to keep flame throwers from being banned.

[blitzy]

“Fun fact: the flamethrower actually hurts like hell” who would’ve thought

[Prizrak]

Was the bloodcurdling screaming not obvious or anything? Lmao

[CowboyAye]

As a person who died from flamethrower, I can confirm that it was instant and painless.

[ShaddySoldier]

Probably a good way to talk the flamethrower operator from ptsd

[masamune]

The grandfather of a friend of mine was a flamethrower trooper in the Pacific theater, and said that the biggest things that haunt him were not the yells, but the distinct sounds of people popping (their skin) from all the way inside murder holes/foxholes/secret tunnels, when they would blast flames into them. Horrible…

[abe]

"it's just gas escaping"

[galexeqe]

"The flamethrowers are painless"
"What about all the enemy rolling in agony?"
"What? No, I'm talking about me, I don't feel a thing not even remorse"

[abimanyurizky]

"After we examine and check your file, we determine that your 3rd degree burn is not service related"


Edit: holy cow i did not expect this many likes!. Fyi in my country, a soldier and his family get health and monetary benefits for life. Even after he pass away, the monetary benefit is passed down to the widow.

[soup]

the screams are actually just them trying to shout a 'thank you' for giving them a painless death