Light a man a fire, he is warm for a day. Light a man afire and he is warm for the rest of his life.

@csealand

5 жыл бұрын

So funny

@teresamartinson7427

4 жыл бұрын

about 30 seconds

@raphuscucullatus7845

4 жыл бұрын

That was a pretty *hot* statement you made

@brantleyhester6641

4 жыл бұрын

lightoftheworld1932 or Senior Crispen

@__________________________Fred

4 жыл бұрын

Lady, that's gold

I sure am glad they painted it camouflage green. Wouldn't want to alert the enemies when shooting this thing.

@Stevethethird677

5 жыл бұрын

Lol, George Carlin reference?

@KingBongHogger

5 жыл бұрын

That's so a sniper can't easily pop your tank and turn you into a giant napalm bomb

@Ye4rZero

5 жыл бұрын

He didn't show the suppressed model!

@davidsteele3155

5 жыл бұрын

right?

@MWSin1

5 жыл бұрын

Where do you mount the bayonet?

In the last 40 minutes I have learned how to arm and operate an RPG-7, an M9A1 Bazooka, and an M2 Flamethrower.

@RoraighPrice

2 жыл бұрын

your officialy more trained than a standered infantry grunt

@AspiLeo

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t do anything stupid though… 😂😬

@Noukz37

2 жыл бұрын

Just to check, are you a very dissatisfied citizen as well?

@classdpersonnel115

2 жыл бұрын

based

@MrKeserian

2 жыл бұрын

@@Noukz37 not today, fed! J/k... Sort of.

"Why would you need a flamethrower?" Well I don't need a Lamborghini either, but I still want one.

@Aconitum_napellus

4 жыл бұрын

Xenomorphs, obviously.

@DJl3iohazord

4 жыл бұрын

Clearing Weeds and wild brush.

@oerlikon20mm29

4 жыл бұрын

Well, if you don't have a lighter on you, just whip out your flamethrower

@davidschmidt6013

4 жыл бұрын

'Nuff said.

@andrewmoore7022

4 жыл бұрын

Also these are really good at clearing out weeds and bushes like extremely good easily the best Plus lighting a fire with one's pretty cool

Fun fact: These are legal in 48 states. Have fun.

@bansheemania1692

4 жыл бұрын

Huh. Never new that. Grandpa uses his for Gopher's

@dELTA13579111315

4 жыл бұрын

Screw California, we can't even have real fireworks here legally

@igostupidfast3

4 жыл бұрын

Yup Maryland and California are the 2 exceptions

@AngDavies

4 жыл бұрын

@@igostupidfast3 given California's semi recent history...seems fair tbh

@spiff2268

4 жыл бұрын

@@dELTA13579111315 Can't really blame Cali. The state's on fire half the time as it is.

"Shooting people with guns is inhumane!" "Okay, this weapon uses no bullets, try that one then"

@anthonyjh02

4 жыл бұрын

Bullets are far more humane than this. But I doubt there’s anyone out there with such a thick skull to think otherwise

@yuurichito1439

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyjh02 wOOOOOOsh

@anthonyjh02

4 жыл бұрын

Blitz 2.0 - Damn I really did take this at face value. I’m usually better then that.

@yuurichito1439

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyjh02 🤔

@yuurichito1439

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyjh02 ok

"When you shoot it, you notice it gets hot!" - Ian reviews a flamethrower

*The* weapon--more than any other--that earns the name "firearm."

@lestranger7440

3 жыл бұрын

Get out of there,please

@nerdyspinosaurid

3 жыл бұрын

even though it technically isn't one!

@Sc0rch91

2 жыл бұрын

@@cousinzeke4888 that’s just because they don’t want to classify it as something that is protected by the second amendment so people are taking ownership of these things lol

@RipRLeeErmey

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sc0rch91 You're still legally allowed to own a flamethrower in most states. Farmers use them all the time for controlled burns.

"I didn't ask how big the room was, I said I cast fireball"

@kevinwestermann1001

3 жыл бұрын

Proceeds to roll a 99. :'D

@chrisperrien7055

3 жыл бұрын

That 20 foot radius(IIRC old basic/ADD ) can really come back and bite you in the butt , in a regular 10 foot high room/tunnel/cave, using actual physics rules , instead of "magic" rules.

@saltymcginger2027

3 жыл бұрын

I fucking died reading this.

@SeanCMonahan

3 жыл бұрын

@@saltymcginger2027 you and the rest of the party

@ihil4620

3 жыл бұрын

More like agonasiers scorcher

"And now I've lit the ground on fire, so excuse me one moment." I'm going to use that line to get out of boring phone calls...

@leosaffron222

4 жыл бұрын

Did that in a public bathroom one time it was a good time.

in WWII my dad was trained in these, probably the M2. When he got to his unit in the South Pacific he found out that the operators had short life spans. Not from the flame thrower but the enemy did not like to get set alight so they would concentrate their fire on any one wearing one of these. So he ditched that and got an M1 Garand. Found that to be rather heavy for jungle fighting. Ditched that for the M1 carbine that he carried the rest of his war. He was wounded after he helped in the recapture of Manila but not from an enemy bullet. Directly. He carried his carbine ammo in a medical pouch on his belt. The bullet hit that and the ammo blew up. Almost blew his ass off. Spent 6 months in the hospital and carried carbine brass in his hip the rest of his life. Occasionally a bit would work it's way out. I think one came out a year or two before he died in 2013.

@iansmith5052

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't want to use one of them either

@edoedo8686

4 жыл бұрын

Damn....some bad luck...and that had to mean a lot of lifelong miserable pain...

@randyphillips2263

4 жыл бұрын

@@edoedo8686 He farmed all his life. VA called him 100% disabled some time in the 60s. About that time I watched as a guy attacked him with a chain. Wrong move as my dad proceeded to beat the snot out of him. The guy's buddy was in the bed of a farm truck ready to jump on top of dad. Luckily he looked up and saw he was looking down the barrel of my rifle. He did not move as my dad finished his work

@iansmith5052

4 жыл бұрын

Randy Phillips savage

@HolbrookStark

4 жыл бұрын

Randy "Savage" Phillips

If he would have said “nice hiss” when he opened the can, then “let’s get this out on a tray, nice” that would have been the best thing ever.

@LavishButtocks

4 жыл бұрын

I actually said "nice hiss" to myself when he opened the can

@AshleyPomeroy

4 жыл бұрын

"Tastes of diesel", takes another bite, "yup, that's definitely diesel", takes another bite etc.

@scum1633

4 жыл бұрын

ah, i see you’re a man of culture as well

@alexanderh.5814

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, this tastes awful......takes another bite.

@natfoote4967

3 жыл бұрын

@@LavishButtocks Me too.

I suspect a low survival rate for captured operators.

@kardeskalap2165

4 жыл бұрын

@@MPal24 I watched a hungarian footage about WW1 where one of the guy explained that he became a flamethrower guy, because those ones got extra free days. The reason was that flamethrowers were primary target, and later the fighting parties (hungarian vs italian) agreed not to use it because of it's inhumanity. And yes, if someone got captured normally he was threated well, and the only exceptions were the flamethrower operators. I will try to find the video and provide a full translation.

@kardeskalap2165

4 жыл бұрын

The video I mentioned starts from here kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXpsucFxd6ramNY.html

@kardeskalap2165

4 жыл бұрын

Hungarian transcript, not 100% but very close... Csapos, mint a permetezőknek van. Minden katonájuk rohant be a bunkerükbe, nekünk meg az volt a kötelességünk, hogy minden bunkerükbe be kellett spriccelni. Ott pusztultak el. A gyalogság meg jött utánunk és foglalta el a helyet. Két támadásban vettem részt, amely sikerrel járt. Mindig ilyen más jelzéssel kellett felvonulni? Az állandóan rajtunk volt az utász jelvény. Utász jelvény volt. De azt megmondták az első támadásnál hogy úgy számoljunk, hogy nincs fogoly náluk. Ha megtudják hogy lángszóróval vagyunk akkor az egyszerű közkatonájuk is ott a helyszinen agyonlő. Elpusztithat bennünket. Szóval, két támadás sikerrel járt. Igen ám, de nagy lángja, nagy füstje volt a mi munkánknak, és a harmadik támadás, amikor felkészültünk volna, olyan pergőtüzet kaptunk... angol, francia tüzérséget kapott az olasz ellenség akkor. Úgyhogy vagy 10-15-20-an ha megmaradtunk, a többi ott pusztult el. Olyan tüzérségi össztüzet kaptunk hogy meg se tudtuk közelíteni a helyszínt. Evvel vége volt ... de közben jött Svájcból állitólag a parancs hogy nemzetközileg letiltották a lángszórónak az alkalmazását, tehát ez ez megszünt. De miért? Ez nemzetközileg valahogy embertelennek találták, és ezt nem engedélyezték. De miért? A lángszórót, hát élő embereket benzinnel elégettünk.

@kardeskalap2165

4 жыл бұрын

@@MPal24 It had a tap, like the sprayer. Their soliders ran into their bunker, and we had a duty to spray in every bunker. They died there. The infantry came after us and occupied the place. I was involved in two attacks that were successful. Did you always had to wear your badge? Yes, we carried it all the time, it was a pioneer badge/insignia. But they told us at the first attack that we shall count on that they (the italians) will take no prisoners. If they find out that we are with a flamethrower even the lowest ranking private will shoot us on spot. He can destroy us. So, we had two successful attacks. Yeah, but our work came with a big flame and smoke, and at the third attack, when we were preparing we received such a artillery barrage. The italian enemy received british, and french artillery support. So around 10, 15, 20 of us remained alive, the rest died on the spot. The barrage was so heavy that we could not even approach the scene. This stopped it... meanwhile the order came from Switzerland that the use of the flamethrower was banned internationally. so that stopped it (the use of the flamethrower). But why? This was somehow found inhuman internationally, and was forbidden. The flamethrower? Yes, well, we burned people alive with gasoline...

@certaindeed

4 жыл бұрын

If someone as my enemy came on the battlefield with that he would be my primary target to shoot. If he was running he would he my primary target. If we was wounded he would be my primary target. If he was begging for his life all the better.

"The first thing you notice about firing this [flamethrower] is the flame." - Gun Jesus, 2016

Ian is so mild mannered, seeing him so giddy and excited about something is awesome xD

People in fortified concrete bunkers could hide inside from bullets. But it's hard to hide from a flamethower. The destructive power is immense.

So can you load this thing with water and have the coolest super soaker ever?

@ForgottenWeapons

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, Charlie has actually don exactly that to use with firefighting crews. The high pressure makes it good for use on smoldering stumps, apparently. I have also heard stories about large paintball games... ;)

@natanaelclavijo035

7 жыл бұрын

Forgotten Weapons where did you buy that? please i Need it

@tswims92

6 жыл бұрын

Dick Fageroni Charlie is the owner of the actual flamethrower Ian was using/reviewing. He was not referring to the VC or NVA. Also as a side note what would make it racist? Charlie was derived from the NATO phonetic alphabet. VC was shortened from Victor Charlie (VC) to just Charlie or C. And it stuck and was later applied to all communist forces not just the VC.

@frankquispe9195

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@fbi4794

5 жыл бұрын

Dan Smith yes it’s called a garden hose.

Me at 2am: i need to sleep. Also me at 2am: i NEED to know how the M2 flamethrower works.

@mightybaibon2378

4 жыл бұрын

Love this comment.

@Arthuro1776

4 жыл бұрын

I need to stop this 🤪

@marshwiggle9676

4 жыл бұрын

No lie it’s 2am and I just read this

@MMilitia

4 жыл бұрын

@@marshwiggle9676 100% true, not fake

@gd_media

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh... Legit 02.02am... I'm 12min in the video already 😂😂😂😂 wtf for real

It's a shame the igniters are ignored by most media representations on the M2. It's cool seeing all those sparks fly out before the flame jet erupts and I feel like the limited ignitors could add a nice historical way to add more balance in a multiplayer game other than the typical unrealistically short range they get

Ian's parents when he was a kid: "Don't play with matches! It's dangerous!" Ian as an adult: "This flamethrower is so fun!"😀

"you dona wanna do pfffpfpfpff with flaming napalm" -Ian 2016

@KingdomOfApple

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, he's not wrong. The last time i pfffpffpfppfff'd with napalm I did not have a good time, lemme tell ya.

I'm actually surprised at how user-friendly that flamethrower is. Plus it's just awesome seeing it in action.

@majorwibblevods8160

7 жыл бұрын

ikr I thought that shit would burn your hands really easily.

@TeamFortressFag

6 жыл бұрын

It's user-friendly but very very unfriendly to the person on the receiving end

@johnathanblackwell9960

5 жыл бұрын

@@TeamFortressFag It's perfect friendly, you're just inviting your enemy over for a BBQ. Might have forgotten to tell him that he was on the menu though...

My father was in the 18th combat engineers in the US Marine Corps 2nd Division in WW2. Combat engineers were trained in flamethrowers and demolition. He carried his flamethrower on Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian. He was in combat at Guadalcanal but that was before we used flamethrowers. He trained as a combat engineer in Wellington NZ before the landing on Tarawa. How he survived 4 battles I do not know. He had nightmares his entire life. Ordinary men did extraordinary things.

@juj9305

2 жыл бұрын

interesting

@Kidgavilan700

Жыл бұрын

@Alex Luca he told me he always had a rifleman nearby so they could kill the enemy and put them out of their misery. Years ago he just out of no where blurted out “ you don’t know how terrible it was to set human beings on fire. I hated them and they were trying to kill me but they were still human beings”. He was a kind gentle man and great father to me and my brother. I miss him every day

@DJLeno

Жыл бұрын

My neighbor was a combat engineer and I interviewed him for an assignment I had in elementary school. He was in at least as many battles, including Iwo Jima and Okinawa. It was an uphill battle trying to get him to tell me about his experiences but once he opened up there was no stopping. He told me his first night he was in a 5 man team and by morning he was one of 2 men left alive. He passed away a few years ago, I can only imagine the stories he took to his grave.

@Kidgavilan700

Жыл бұрын

@@DJLeno these men were extraordinary yet humble and as my father always said “ I was just doing my job and doing what the Marines taught me to do”. He was wounded on Saipan, he had a hole in his shin for the rest of his life and I have the bullet he picked out of a coconut tree, and he never accepted the Purple Heart awarded to him. I contacted the Marine Corps and they sent me the documents. When I asked why he did not want it he said “ medals don’t matter, the only guys who are hero’s are guy who don’t make it home. A few years before he died I found a 9x12 envelope in a drawer. Inside was a medal and commendation signed by the commander of the Pacific fleet. The commendation explained what he did and why he was awarded this. He never told anyone he had it. Again he said medals aren’t important. Ordinary men did extraordinary things And like your neighbor my dads 5 man team was down to 2 men at Tarawa.

@ashcarrier6606

Жыл бұрын

Men like that made possible the world we live in today.

"Gee, I'd really like to set those people on fire, but I'm way too far to get the job done. I wish I would have something to throw flame on them "

"Brother, get the flamer... *THE HEAVY FLAMER.* "

@jamesrasp2713

4 жыл бұрын

Alfatazer _ we must purge the heretic with the cleansing flames of the God Emperors holy promethium.

@HeIsAnAli

4 жыл бұрын

*_PURGE THE UNCLEAN!_*

@painintheass5884

3 жыл бұрын

BURN IN HOLY FIRE

@ChaplainPhantasm

3 жыл бұрын

WE ARE THE ANGELS OF DEATH!

@LAV-III

3 жыл бұрын

UNTO THE ANVIL OF WAR

"Gee, I sure would like to set those people on fire over there, but I'm way too far away to get the job done." -George Carlin

@tomaszskowronski1406

4 жыл бұрын

"Far away" is a bit relative here when it means- "i'm 40 yards away"

@ZGryphon

4 жыл бұрын

And it wouldn't have gone any farther, except he happened to mention it to his friend who was good with tools.

The high speed of the initial "shot" of the M2 was probably one of the coolest things I've seen all year

I’ve never saw Ian so excited to shoot something that he giggles and his legs start to shake. It actually brings a smile to my face to see someone so excited for something.

18:50 That laugh is a laugh of a man elated that he's shooting a flamethrower.

@burningcouch8010

4 жыл бұрын

He's giddy like a little kid, I know I would be too

@loucypher1060

4 жыл бұрын

None of us would respond any different.

@admiraltiberius1989

4 жыл бұрын

Typical response for a man from Krieg........Ordo Sinister is proud.

@qasmokes

3 жыл бұрын

Pyro unmasked

@tictoc3148

3 жыл бұрын

First time I've seen Ian giggle like a child when letting loose a weapon lol

In WW2, it became common practice to have two BAR men to provide suppressive fire for one flamethrower. Tank support was also necessary too.The flamethrower guys became high value targets for enemy gunners and snipers. The flamethrower guy was someone who the had the words "TARGET" on their backs. It is good to remember lots of flamethrower guys became grave registration candidates. Also, the flamethrower guy wasn't taken prisoner by the enemy. These flamethrower guys were usually shot on sight by their captors. Infantry jobs are hard but one of the hardest ones was the flamethrower guy. The flamethrower guy also got to smell the burnt flesh of half cremated enemy soldiers. No one in their right mind wanted to be the flamethrower guy. You just ran the flamethrower because you absolutely were ordered to and had to for your unit's survival. Most enemy didn't stick around in their holes but fled a flamethrower guy. More fleeing enemy soldiers were shotdown by the accompanying BAR teams and other riflemen than by the flamethrower guy himself.. Satchel charge guys and grenades always went with the flamethrower guy. The enemy target first was given torch medicine. Then grenade and satchel charge guys went forward to give a final cure of medicine. Grenades and satchel charges were placed to finish off the entrenched enemy target. These flamethrower-BAR teams worked closely with satchel charge men and soldiers with grenades. These teams were used to clear put pillboxes, fortified bunkers, caves and trenches. The Marines and U.S. Army troops called these tactics "blow torch and corkscrew" tactics. It was always bloody, costly, slow, difficult work flaming out and blasting the entrenched enemy.

Ian is kind of adorable when he is excited. Like a kid in a toy store.

My wife: "Honey there's a huge spider in the garage." Me: 19:30 Wife: Me: "Got him."

@sciencecompliance235

3 жыл бұрын

Can't have a spider in your garage if you don't have a garage. *taps forehead*

"Is there anything you can do about... about that heat?" "It's a flamethrower, Rick" "...Yeah, yeah"

@bastardhyena7882

4 жыл бұрын

DID ANYONE ORDER FRIED SOURKRAUT?

@albeerawding9847

4 жыл бұрын

Chilling in a pool some fucking crazy women breaks through your door, what's the #1 solution

@cynicaltexan9639

4 жыл бұрын

Gloves and some type of facedshjield

@seanlambert-knight4735

3 жыл бұрын

Texas Patriot r/woooosh

@my_dick_is_very_cock

3 жыл бұрын

@@albeerawding9847 burning her alive, obviously.

For that slow mo shot you should of been chomping down on a cigar.

@Werepie

8 жыл бұрын

This ^

@H-man414

7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@killerskillet

7 жыл бұрын

"Should've" = Should + have

@braydenh190

7 жыл бұрын

Judson Joist good ol James bond (From Russia with love)

@martialme84

6 жыл бұрын

should "have"

My dad was a flame thrower tech in a chemical weapons unit in the Solomon islands in WW2. My dad said the only thing the M1s were good for were parts and they needed to be checked out pretty close. He could explain the entire sequence of recharging the system like he did it yesterday. He'd get that far away glazed look in his eyes and mime the entire sequence as if the parts were in his hands.

One of the many weapons I trained on at Ft Dix, New Jersey in 1962. We 'dry fired' the unit just for feel on how it operated. For the 'dry fire' exercise, the igniter module had been adapted to use kitchen matches in place of the proper igniter. When the trigger was operated it caused the match to ignite and burn just the head of the match producing a small flash and puff of smoke, verifying you had actually operated the mechanism.

I can't help but think of George Carlin's routine on the flamethrower. The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

@noblegrizzlybear5475

4 жыл бұрын

"Well, it might have ended it right there, but he mentioned it to his friend. His friend, who was good with tools. And about a month later, he was back. "Hey, quite a concept!" *FWOOOOOOOOOOOOSH* "

@noblegrizzlybear5475

3 жыл бұрын

@wargent99 I bet you're so fun at parties.

@noblegrizzlybear5475

3 жыл бұрын

@wargent99 Since when did I mention anything about police kneeling on suspects' necks? And why you had to bring this here in the first place? And what are you aiming to achieve? The flamethrower skit was nothing more than... well... a skit. It was not about proving a point. It was to make people laugh.

@noblegrizzlybear5475

3 жыл бұрын

@wargent99 I wasn't even arguing in the first place. I was just wondering behind your attitude towards a simple comedy skit.

@BurnoutDurb

3 жыл бұрын

@wargent99 Imagine being such a snowflake sjw that you pick apart minor parts of a comedy routine.

"You don't wanna doing fppfhpfpfhphf with a flaming napalm" - that got me :D

@baddiematty5289

4 жыл бұрын

A very scientific term for sure. Lol

@AirGunScientist

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, yeah at 11:55 I started to laugh. I put that in my comment to Ian with my question. Answer: He used liquid (not jellied) fuel.

@IDC-nq9iv

3 жыл бұрын

Gun Jesus is always good to us

A great video. I actually fired one of these during training at Indian Town Gap MR in the summer of 1963. My reaction was the same. It is a really impressive and fearsome weapon. But that also inspires every enemy soldier want to take down the operator of this weapon in real combat.

A lot of US Military weapons that I see I can think of at least a few changes to the design that would make them better, but with this, I think they nailed it. Pretty amazing that they designed and started producing these so quickly.

16:11 I've seen too many of Steve's MRE videos... I immediately expected a hiss....

@scottsanders4589

5 жыл бұрын

LOL I thought the same thing! If you look for my comment I said nice hiss to pay homage to that brave man

@ADHDWOOHOO

5 жыл бұрын

Pull off that key.......and lift that tab. NICE!

@scooter9537

5 жыл бұрын

let's get this out on to a flame

@raphuscucullatus7845

4 жыл бұрын

@@scooter9537 Now that thing's really doing it's job.

@mafistowaltz4857

4 жыл бұрын

Man, I thought the Exact same thing! LOL

My father was a SeaBee on Tinian and had to clean-out the pill boxes after the Marines had taken the island. The runways he helped build for the B29s to use can still be seen on Google Earth view.

@visionist7

5 жыл бұрын

Bet he saw him some crispy critters

@johnballs1352

4 жыл бұрын

Fake and gay

Thanks for the education on these old weapons. No one has done such a detailed instruction and shown the usage in such an educational manner before. This is a treasure of knowledge which none of us would have been able to get from a book.

@Davej82

3 жыл бұрын

Hope, you´ll never need to use it :)

When he opened the igniter can: “No hiss”

@wickediussickedius1016

3 жыл бұрын

because it wasnt on a tray ^^

UNCLE OWEN??????? AUNT BERU???????????

@MrBioniclefan1

6 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@taylorwest6986

6 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@madcowrebel4216

5 жыл бұрын

Ouch... that was dark

@luismarioquintana2679

5 жыл бұрын

You can laugh of the little orphan Ani joke now!

@mattfairfield9103

5 жыл бұрын

:(

17:35 that safety latch has no business sounding as cool as it did when you pulled it up

@FreshApplePie

Жыл бұрын

i think that was the strap link rattling against the frame holding the tanks, not the latch itself

Her: please dont be weird Me: 11:50

@deadpixelc

3 жыл бұрын

Also Me: 18:49

@johnnybenavidez5486

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadpixelc also: 19:09

16:05 "let's pull that key, lift that tab.... huh. No hiss."

Nobody wanted flamethrower duty, it made you a prime target against the enemy.

@General_Eisenhower1945

4 жыл бұрын

I'll do it, but paint the tanks orange

@MegaRazorback

4 жыл бұрын

That and...They all heard the stories about the previous operators dying or breaking down completely once they saw the horrors this thing could inflict.

@kentvesser9484

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaRazorback Yeah, I imagine that using this weapon at the close ranges it required not only required a lot of supporting fire to keep the enemy pinned down for you to get close enough to use it, but the screams and wounds this elicited likely gave the operators nightmares in the way few other weapons would. I wonder how many soldiers who used these ended up with horrible PTSD. You'd almost have to be inhuman to use this weapon and not have it quickly get to you no matter how bad your enemy is. Plus, you likely knew that if you were spotted wearing one every opposing solider that saw you was going to be targeting you.

@benevolentrevenant474

4 жыл бұрын

Even worse is that ~90% of the time, it wasn’t the flame that killed you, but rather the fact that it burnt away the oxygen this suffocating the target. That’s like two minutes of hell

@NODnuke45

4 жыл бұрын

@@kentvesser9484 That, and on a battlefield it's statistically unlikely that most of the people who you, an individual soldier, are fighting are guilty of any of the things that your enemies are known for. Most likely they are completely innocent conscripts who were forced into duty without a choice or were volunteers who joined their country's military with no intentions of committing any kind of atrocities that their military might be known for. So basically you might as well be fighting random people, most of the time, on behalf of your government.

I love how this guy's hair and beard make him look like he makes artisanal Birkenstocks out of hemp but he's on KZread gleefully discussing weapons.

@iiipercenterpatriot4266

3 жыл бұрын

Sir, this is gun jesus.

Thanks Ian. I actually had already read a Marine Corps manual on how to use a flame thrower but - never actually fired one. My familiarization training didn't include flame throwers. So - it was really interesting to see a video of one in operation rather than just pictures in a manual. .

I truly appreciate the fact that you give us the history of the weapon in these videos. You make great content. Thank you!

"And now I've lit the ground on fire, so excuse me for a moment"

@ArmorandArtillery

3 жыл бұрын

*5 minutes later*

In the mid 70's I was a RSO for the flame thrower instruction and range at SOI (0351) for the Marines. That's me in the avatar. Lots of misconceptions about how these were employed. First gasoline was jelled using plain boxed Ivory soap. Mixed in a 55gal barrel and allowed to jell for a short period. This is is a very heavy weapon with only 50' range. It was operated by a two man team. It was not employed against troops in the open but against bunkers or other enclosures. The target was wet down and then fired up. The flames sucked oxygen out of the enclosure and suffocated the enemy. It was this limited nature of its usefulness that ended its deployment. It's not illegal under the rules of war. I had a SNCO at the time who used them in the RVN and found them effective against NVA spider holes but yes you sure did not put the operator on point with this. The team would be called forward for a specific target and return to renew fuel and air pressure. A really fun weapon on the trigger end, a great video

@iamnitrox

5 жыл бұрын

Very cool to hear from someone who's used one

@bobbrooks80

5 жыл бұрын

Fired one those in 1965 at Camp Pendleton. I was the safety person that day, which meant that I had to stand behind the guys shooting with a blanket in a bucket of water. I watch 60+ guys shoot that thing before I got to. Learning from watching the other guys I had fun with it.

@dyveira

5 жыл бұрын

Civvies don't realize that incendiary weapons are still considered fair game for use against explicit military targets. Flamethrowers, WP, thermobaric bombs, etc. Same goes for land mines.

@neitherman9997

5 жыл бұрын

@@dyveira Lands mines are a bit weirder, because IIRC, you can use them, but you can't legally produce them anymore nowadays

@dyveira

5 жыл бұрын

@@neitherman9997 We are technically allowed to use them in the army, but they have to be marked and have to be removed later. Same thing goes for claymore AP mines, but those have to be command-detonated only.

2:39 puts it all in perspective, a 0.75 gal/sec rate on a tank that only holds 4.5 gal total, that’s a whole 6 seconds of firing and you’d be dry. Out of fuel, with a +40 lb tank on your back that has just enough fumes left inside to explode if shot, after just getting done being the most recognizable thing on the battlefield for 6 seconds...no wonder you didn’t last long operating the thing. You could have dodged the personal danger to yourself from the heat of just firing it, somehow managed to find and hit some enemy emplacements without getting shot, and you’d still have an incredibly flammable tank on your back and essentially nowhere to go until your unit finishes the objective and then pulls back. I’d seriously consider being a trench rat if they offered me a flamethrower, at least head-first in a tunnel I can hope/pray that anything destined to hit me just kills me quickly when it (most likely) hits me right in the head.

"I hope you enjoyed the video" Not nearly as much as you did, I'm sure

On Okinawa, the flame thrower guys were big targets...they had a high casualty rate....one said he was using the flame thrower and heard shots hitting the tanks....fortunately the air tank.

@MegaRazorback

4 жыл бұрын

@Steven Jones could have been flanking fire or he turned around to ask a fellow squad member to check the tanks for him due to possible damage already sustained or one other thing falls into the second one i mentioned, could have had low fuel/air and needed an emergency refill (6 seconds is not a lot so in-field refills were not all that uncommon)

Can you imagine being on the receiving end of that flame? Ouch is a DRASTIC understatement. A friend of my fathers said the guy that used his fighting the Japanese in the Pacific needed counseling when he got home! I cannot imagine!!!

@zatchbell622

4 жыл бұрын

I expect he would. Dying by flamethrower is perhaps the worst way to go. The body will continue to burn until the fuel is completely gone, which can be for a very long time with gelled fuel.

@mikec8086

4 жыл бұрын

@@zatchbell622 also consider how many times he was probably called up to burn out a hole of japanese. A flamethrower or a sherman with wp shells were the most effective way of removing entrenched japanese positions.

@nukeacitrus883

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think anyone can imagine what it must be like being hit by one of these, unless you’ve actually been hit and survived to tell the tale. The pain you must feel, the agony and panic.... yikes on trikes! Or why not napalm bombs, where your whole surroundings are engulfed in flames instantly. These are some horrifying weapons

@nukeacitrus883

4 жыл бұрын

@@olisk-jy9rz OP's comment is about people burning alive, as in, getting dozed in flames, not their effectiveness or ranges.

@gigaslave

4 жыл бұрын

It's almost more merciful to get suffocated from the flames using up all the oxygen first.

Very interesting video on a rarely discussed subject. One thing not mentioned though was the psychological effect on those armed with these things. Granted, they were deployed for those situations where normal firepower was ineffective, such as pill boxes or tunnels. But from what I've read, the operators were often traumatised by the act of setting people on fire, and viewing the aftermath first hand. They were allegedly an unpopular weapon to use for this reason. I don't think I'd like to find out for myself, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Memories of a hot late summer day at Camp Pendleton in 1963. You did an excellent job. Anyone wanting to have the experience should pick a calm day without gusting winds. It is possible to be a self-immolating target dummy if the wind is too brisk and/or you don\t keep full pressure on the stream.

"...And now I've lit the ground on fire, so excuse me one moment." xddd

@calebhu6383

8 жыл бұрын

"XD" really makes no sense lowercase.

@vitriolicAmaranth

7 жыл бұрын

it's funnier that way

@Andrew-mw9is

7 жыл бұрын

its not normie when its lowercase

@bensmith4563

5 жыл бұрын

That happens before the cool stuff starts

@adam.ibanez

5 жыл бұрын

champimuros Dry grass is not easy to light

My Grandfather was a flamethrower operator in Europe during WWII. It was very cool to learn the actual details about the weapon. Thanks once again Ian!

@braincrashtv8377

2 жыл бұрын

Danke to youn Herr De Wald

Probably my favorite episode you've ever done! Fantastic!

I am surprised about the short amount of time these can be used before refilling. Very interesting about the ignition system.

The first time I fired a Flamethrower in Infantry Training I was very surprised how much heat came back in the face of the operator. Any solder who operated one of these on a regular bases must have had a constant sun burn.

Love this guy, such manners "And now I've lit the ground on fire, excuse me one second". Please never stop making videos good sir!

Would love to see the lighting this generates at night

Very cool video. In the Warsaw Uprising quite a few units were designed and knocked together by insurgents - see the K pattern flamethrower. Impressive considering they were built in conspiratorial conditions with whatever was lying around.

Spaceballs the flamethrower! *Fwooom* The kids love this stuff.

@DarKm4773r

8 жыл бұрын

+Nathan Peterson May the schwartz be with you.

@WingmanSR

8 жыл бұрын

I see your schwartz is as big as mine.

@peterson7082

8 жыл бұрын

We'll meet again in Spaceballs 2: The Quest for More Money!

@DarKm4773r

8 жыл бұрын

BAAARF!!!

@petman515

8 жыл бұрын

yogurt i hate yogurt even with straw berry's

Time to werf some flammen.

@julius855

5 жыл бұрын

Zis is a Flammenwerfer it werfs Flammen!

@kaindal545

5 жыл бұрын

You don't understand german ICH LIEBE WIENER SCHNITZEL !!!

One of the best of a peerless series, thanks Ian

What an impressively badass weapon. Simply fantastic!

i can smell the freedom

@jakeshaw6827

5 жыл бұрын

I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like...Victory!

@martondancs5500

5 жыл бұрын

The Zone needs a flamethrower

@johnathanblackwell9960

5 жыл бұрын

...now all I can think about is Apocalypse Now...great movie.

@chrisferatu1793

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ignisan_66 Yep, that's what freedom smells like!

@Nlck_Name

4 жыл бұрын

i like the smell of napalm in the morning

It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history. With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black. He strode in a swarm of fireflies. He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house. While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning.

@LS-sp5hr

4 жыл бұрын

Is that Fahrenheit 451?

@sansone9651

4 жыл бұрын

@@LS-sp5hr Yes

@falloutman3424

4 жыл бұрын

San Sone good book

@sansone9651

4 жыл бұрын

@@falloutman3424 thanks, an appropriate novel to this man

@NPCSN

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, great quote and great book. 😁👍🏻

the most impressive hand held weapon ive ever seen cheers

The utter savagery of it, i love it

I would think it a rare treat to break the seals on those '67 igniters.

Never seen Ian so giddy :P

man you look so bad ass in that slowmo footage!! great video

Ian's face is priceless, he's so excited

When I was young and silly, I got to fire one of these (with a whole lot less instruction or info than was given by Ian). I remember the heat but the overwhelming memory is the weight and cumbersomeness of the setup, and the backpressure that nearly puts you on your arse (and would if you won't braced for it). This weapon was hated by friend and foe alike. The firer was walking around with an uncomfortable cumbersome bomb on his back. The firer was a standout and loathed target for every in range enemy combatant. And friendly infantry didn't want to be near the incoming shit and attention that the weapon draw.

When he opened that can, was waiting for steve1989 to come out and say "let's get this out on to a tray.... NICE!"

@214TwoOneFo

4 жыл бұрын

zelashi zzz nice hiss

After a dismal first attempt at designing a flamethrower (the M1) in 1941, the US Chemical Corps along with several universities and industrial partners put in a lot of research to develop a more usable and effective flamethrower. The result was the M2, which went into production in early 1944. It would prove to be an exceptionally effective weapon in the island-hopping campaign towards the end of the war. The M2 was arguably the best flamethrower fielded by any military during the war, with a number of excellent design features. These included: * A constant-pressure regulator to ensure that the range stayed the same from the first to the last shot of a tank of fuel * An on/off main valve easily accessible to the operator * A supremely waterproof and reliable pyrotechnic cartridge ignition system * An auto-shutoff valve which sealed at the nozzle, preventing dribble (and cutting off fuel flow should the operator lose control of the weapon) The M2 would see service into the Vietnam War even as its successor the M9 was being issued. It was a truly outstanding design, and remains viable to this day. Thanks to Charlie Hobson for showing us the unit and teaching me to fire it, and also thanks to Adaptive Firearms for letting us use their range facilities!

Glad you finally did a video on my EDC

In 1970 in the South African Infantry we still trained with the British ackpack flamethrower, or at least a development of it. What was great about this one was that you could fire "dry" shots -- just fuel, no fire -- to soak your target before sending a jet of flame to ignite the whole shebang. It was super fun!

U.S Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes

@thehungazza2628

4 жыл бұрын

dwoodman26 1 roast sausage 2:hungarian goolash 3. Sushi but fried 4.smoked soviet 5.vietnamese street food 6. This is a risky one, french fries 7.im out of jokes

@andrewjb05051998

4 жыл бұрын

+1 big guns

@sherlockbonez

4 жыл бұрын

Hellfire troopers

@NODnuke45

4 жыл бұрын

Why do I suddenly hear American patriotic music?

@NPCSN

4 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣 thank you for this comment lmao. 🤣😂

I agree that its pretty awesome that this has survived this long, and is still in working condition.

16:06 "Pop that tab up (nice hiss), and we just wind it like this."

“Love The Smell Of Napalm in the Morning” .... says the Gun Hippie love it Ian

My father mentioned that my grandfather didn't like having to listen to the Japanese screaming in their holes when the M2 lit them up. Now that is a reality for this new generation to chew on.

@Derkman96

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's very easy for a generation not so exposed to the so-called human element of war to forget about it. Stories like yours are very important and thank you for sharing. :)

@Zaprozhan

5 жыл бұрын

At the end of my life, I'm probably going to be cremated, and kept on a mantelpiece. Were you referring to that bronze-age goat-herder afterlife of praising-a-tyrant claptrap?

@templarkiller2926

5 жыл бұрын

Ian Macfarlane, I don't know how environmentally friendly it is, but it is at least efficient

@udtuhanudtuhan826

5 жыл бұрын

@Pacem Terris you don't understand you don't analyze whats the point of view. The Japanese first do violent killing mankind in war . And that is the answer weapon to counter attack . Use your brain sometimes👷

@kylehurling68

5 жыл бұрын

Earplugs

very well designed ! Wow ! simple , tough and effective.

This is a very cool review. I don’t even know how I ended up here but I’m glad I did.

I would absolutely love to take a small arms History course taught by Ian. He is 100% more engaging that any of my profs.

Very cool stuff thank you. Horrifying but extremely cool. (There are practical uses for flamethrowers outside of combat, Roasting alien lifeforms is just one example)

@TheErilaz

8 жыл бұрын

I bet it works good on huge anthills too..

@poppablue59kent75

7 жыл бұрын

Of course they do...haven't you seen the sci-fi classic movie 'Them', 1954?!!! Giant ant killin' mofos!

@albertoaguilar9773

6 жыл бұрын

Roasting a rats hideout too

@tostie3110

6 жыл бұрын

PoppaBlue59 Kent Or when the thing appears agsin

@firepower7017

6 жыл бұрын

BirdyLegs It's most notable use is to roast weebs

Hi, Ian. Now I understand pyromania a little better. Since gasoline floats on water, I guess this would work in a swamp. I would want to replace the flare with a modern high voltage starter though. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!

I've watched a lot of these videos and i don't think i've ever seen Ian so giddy over a weapon lol It's funny, every time i power wash something i can't help but think of a flame thrower

So calm xD "And now I've lit the ground on fire so excuse me one moment."

@vaclav_fejt

8 жыл бұрын

+Sen Kanashimi Those are some English genes speaking.

Holy crow that laugh:D Like a kid seeing a candy shop.

@TheErilaz

8 жыл бұрын

A kid with 50$ in a candyshop :p

that slowmo shot is sooo cool!

1974 I was sent to a 1 week school to be qualified on the M2 there was 4 of them in the Arms Room .