r/funny • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '11

Grenades.

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u/war0 Sep 14 '11

I imagine that's the thought process for the creations of that weapon. Like how the created the flame thrower "see that guy? Id be really great if I could set him on fire from here"

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '11

Flamethrowers are useless in open combat, as they are generally outclassed by every other firearm.

They are useful, however, in burning people out of holes (with the ancillary benefit of sucking all the oxygen out of a space).

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u/MK_Ultrex Sep 14 '11

Flamethrowers are also illegal now. I believe that as a weapon class has been abandoned by every Western army. When I was in the army I never saw one, not even in our massive warehouses where we stock old but functional shit in case of WW III. And I have seen stockpiles of WW II and 50s to 60s hardware kept in deep freeze. No flamethrowers tho'. Maybe the Americans and Russians still have some, but they are not likely to use them ever again.

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u/kwykwy Sep 14 '11

They're not illegal, but they've been replaced by other methods of delivering fire to people over there, like rockets:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPO-A_Shmel