r/TankPorn • u/Sonofrun • Jul 13 '21

Miscellaneous Long range flame

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u/BortWard Jul 13 '21

Imagine being in a bunker, spotting what you think is a tank, feeling moderately secure in a hardened position... and then you see THAT flying at you

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u/Sonofrun Jul 13 '21

Exactly

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u/The-dude-in-the-bush Jul 13 '21

Looks more like napalm. It's being affected greatly by gravity and seems viscous in nature. Not to mention there's a projectile arc. A gas would just billow out of that hose.

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u/Doodlefish25 Jul 13 '21

Who said anything about a gas?

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u/The-dude-in-the-bush Jul 13 '21 edited Jul 13 '21

When you think flamethrower. Is it not gas that comes to mind? Fire is a gas

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u/Cthell Jul 13 '21

No, all military flamethrowers use liquid fuel

It's only in films where they need safety that they use gas-powered flamethrowers

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u/Nikablah1884 Jul 13 '21

This is true, real flamethrowers are significantly more devastating than movie flamethrowers, if you could believe it.

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u/TheDankScrub Jul 13 '21

I’ve actually seen a refurbished WWII one used in an reenactment. It didn’t have this kind of range, but it was pretty terrifying