Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!rex!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: IO80914%MAINE.BITNET@VM1.gatech.edu (Sloth) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Flamethrowers synopsis Message-ID: <1991Feb18.055128.12388@cbnews.att.com> Date: 18 Feb 91 05:51:28 GMT References: <1991Feb13.221434.5832@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: University of Maine System Lines: 33 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Sloth > Donald Newcomb >> Robert Allen >>As far as I know we don't use flamethrowers, per se, any more. We >>do however have a 4 shot, reloadable, shoulder launched flame weapon. >>The name escapes me, but you can see what it looks like in the Arnold >>movie, Commando (I make no comments on how realistic it looks in the >>movie). This weapon is really not the same as a true flamethrower, but >>supposedly it does fire flame rockets. >Hummm. Can anyone elucidate us about this? I can't elucidate, but I can clarify what he's talking about. Granted, it's not the best reference, but it's all I've got. >From _Combat_Leader's_Field_Guide_ (9th Edition, 1980): Multishot Portable Flame Weapon, M202A2 Weight: 26.6 lbs Maximum effective range: 200m (point targets) 750m (area targets) Use: Against field fortifications or jungle targets Remarks: Fires four-shot clips of 66mm incendiary rockets ]:-)> ---> Malcolm Fuller Email: io00672@maine.bitnet Surveying Engineering Department malcolmf@mecan1.bitnet University of Maine Malo Periculosam Libertatem Quam Quietam Servitutem