The Flamethrower
By Chris McNab, Steve Noon and Alan Gilliland
5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
From its combat debut to its deployment in Vietnam, Chechnya and elsewhere, the flamethrower has proven to be devastatingly effective, not least because of its huge psychological impact on enemy troops. Yet despite this, the weapon and its operators have always been vulnerable, suffering from a very particular set of limitations, all of which are explored here. Featuring expert analysis, first-hand accounts and a startling array of illustrations and photographs, this is the definitive guide to an extraordinary chapter in the history of military technology.
Chris McNab
CHRIS McNAB is a writer and editor who specialises in military history and technology. He is an author of many internationally bestselling books on weapons and warfare, including titles in the Battle Story series on Verdun and Cambrai, as well as The World War I Story (all The History Press) i, as well as The Great Book of Guns; How to Survive Anything, Anywhere; The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War; Modern Military Uniforms; The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook; and Special Forces Survival Guide.
Read more from Chris Mc Nab
Combat Techniques: The Complete Guide to How Soldiers Fight Wars Today Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mental Endurance: How to develop mental toughness from the world's elite forces Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mythical Monsters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Extreme Fitness: Military Workouts and Fitness Challenges for Maximising Performance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5SAS Training Manual: How to get fit enough to pass a special forces selection course Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The U.S. Army Infantryman Pocket Manual 1941–45: ETO & MTO Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPOW Escape And Evasion: Essential Military Skills To Avoid Being Caught By the Enemy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of the World in 100 Weapons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Glock: The World's Handgun Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917–Present Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Battle Story: Verdun 1916 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World's Greatest Small Arms: An Illustrated History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The U.S. Army Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHunting: Essential hunting and outdoor survival skills from the world's elite forces Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A History of War: From Ancient Warfare to the Global Conflicts of the 21st Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World War II Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler’s Fortresses: German Fortifications and Defences 1939–45 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Survival First Aid: How to treat injuries and save lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dreadnoughts and Super-Dreadnoughts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler’s Eagles: The Luftwaffe 1933–45 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vietnam War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattle Story: Passchendaele 1917 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler's Tanks: German Panzers of World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattle Story: Cambrai 1917 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Flamethrower
Related ebooks
Artillery Through the Ages: A Short, Illustrated History of the Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Big Guns: Artillery on the Battlefield Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLandmines in War and Peace: From Their Origin to Present Day Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tank Battles of World War I Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dive Bomber!: Aircraft, Technology, and Tactics in World War II Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Tools of War: History of Weapons in Early Modern Times Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A History of the World in 100 Weapons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Artillery Through the Ages (Illustrated Edition) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dark Age of Tanks: Britain's Lost Armour, 1945–1970 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inside Tanks and Heavy Artillery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOut of Nowhere: A history of the military sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rise of the Tank: Armoured Vehicles and Their Use in the First World War Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Inventions of the Great War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMachine-Guns and the Great War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mortars in World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGerman Machine Guns of the Second World War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Practical Guide to the Operational Use of the SVD Sniper Rifle Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5M12 Gun Motor Carriage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe M4 Carbine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKalashnikov in Combat Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArmoured Warfare in the First World War 1916-18 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Small Arms of the Vietnam War: A Photographic Study Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPractical Guide to the Operational Use of the M79 Grenade Launcher Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRiverine Craft of the Vietnam Wars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Tanks & AFVs of World War II Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sniping in the Great War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModern Breech-Loaders 1871 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath by Design: British Tank Development in the Second World War Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5United States Infantry Weapons of the Second World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTank Warfare, 1939–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Wars & Military For You
Resistance: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Making of the Atomic Bomb Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/577 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unit 731: Testimony Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer - The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Doctors From Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for The Flamethrower
2 ratings1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fascinating book about a type of weapon system that is seemingly obsolete. It shattered a few of the myths I believed in such as the lethality of the system to its operators. It turned out it was due to hitting the pressure tanks then blowing up, more than the fuel being hit and self-immolating the operator. Who’d a thunk, right? The book did only rapidly gloss over the dual use as a riot agent dispenser which I think leaves out the nuance of the system that is overlooked at least in later us models.