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Flamethrower
Flammenwerfer
35
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Type
| Flamethrower
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Place of origin
| Nazi Germany
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In service
| 1935?1945
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Used by
| German Army
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Wars
| Second World War
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Manufacturer
| Different manufacturers
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Produced
| 1935?1941
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Mass
| 35.8kg (79lb)
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Crew
| 1
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Action
| nitrogen
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Rate of fire
| 1180ml/s, 10 consecutive seconds
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Effective firing range
| 25 m
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Maximum firing range
| 27?33 yards (25?30 m)
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Feed system
| 1 (3 gal) gasoline compound (fuel)
1 Nitrogen tank (propellant)
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Sights
| None
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The
Flammenwerfer
35
, or
FmW 35
[2]
(flame thrower) was a one-man German
flamethrower
used during
World War II
to clear out trenches and buildings. It could project fuel up to 25 meters from the user.
Description
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It weighed 35.8 kilograms (79 lb), and held 11.8 litres (2.6 imp gal; 3.1 US gal) of flaming oil, (Flammol 19), petrol mixed with tar to make it heavier and to give it better range, which was ignited by a hydrogen torch providing about 10 seconds of continuous use.
[3]
The firing device is activated at the same time with the
Selbstschlussventil
and is inside the protective pipe. The
Flammenwerfer
35 was produced until 1941, when the lighter, slightly redesigned
Flammenwerfer 41
began replacing it.
[4]
German infantry taking cover behind trees on the Eastern Front. One man carries the Flammenwerfer 35.
This flamethrower, like all flamethrowers employed by the
Wehrmacht
, was exclusively used by sturmpionieres (
assault pioneers
); specialist
pioneers
who were to assist the infantry in an assault, by overcoming natural and man-made obstacles for the infantry, clearing enemy fortifications with flamethrowers and then destroying them with demolition charges.
[5]
The sturmpionieres that exclusively used these flamethrowers played an important part in overcoming French fortifications blocking the German advance during the
Battle of France
.
[5]
More specifically the
Battle of Sedan (1940)
.
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