WWI flamthrowers
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Lawrence Model 1917 Flame Projector.
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Italian Schilt No 3 bis or OFC
I think that this Italian Double flamethrower or Apparato tipo italiano a due serbatoi accoppiati, buth not sure
I have two questions about this FW
1) It is really Italian Double flamethrower or am I mistaken?
2) Can anyone else knows from which book this image? This book is about flamethrowers of WW1 or may be about uniforme? (and whether there are books about the First World War flamethrower, execpt "German flamethrower pioneers of WW1")?
Best regards!
I think that this Italian Double flamethrower or Apparato tipo italiano a due serbatoi accoppiati, buth not sure
I have two questions about this FW
1) It is really Italian Double flamethrower or am I mistaken?
2) Can anyone else knows from which book this image? This book is about flamethrowers of WW1 or may be about uniforme? (and whether there are books about the First World War flamethrower, execpt "German flamethrower pioneers of WW1")?
Best regards!
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Karlik;
I once corresponded with an Italian whose grand-father was in an Italian WW I FW unit, and he remarked that each Italian FW squad had one man detailed to carry a wet blanket to put out any man who caught fire do to some sort of accident. Perhaps that was cheaper than good engineering or the use of safer propellants, like nitrogen, rather than cheaper compressed air.
Bob Lembke
I once corresponded with an Italian whose grand-father was in an Italian WW I FW unit, and he remarked that each Italian FW squad had one man detailed to carry a wet blanket to put out any man who caught fire do to some sort of accident. Perhaps that was cheaper than good engineering or the use of safer propellants, like nitrogen, rather than cheaper compressed air.
Bob Lembke
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The second image is indeed the Italian Italian Double flamethrower, with a French lance.
The same author who wrote the German flamethrower pioneer book just published a book on all World War I flamethrowers, also by Schiffer. It covers every flamethrower and every flamethrower unit in the war.
Here's the Italian version of the French lance, which is shown in your second image:
The same author who wrote the German flamethrower pioneer book just published a book on all World War I flamethrowers, also by Schiffer. It covers every flamethrower and every flamethrower unit in the war.
Here's the Italian version of the French lance, which is shown in your second image:
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bob lembke, trickcyclist thank you very much
I hope it has pictures of all the flamethrowers of WW1,
good newstrickcyclist wrote:The same author who wrote the German flamethrower pioneer book just published a book on all World War I flamethrowers, also by Schiffer. It covers every flamethrower and every flamethrower unit in the war.
I hope it has pictures of all the flamethrowers of WW1,
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Almost all. In the case of Russia, the information is still a little unclear, but there are photos or drawings of all the main flamethrowers used by the Russian Chemical Detachments and Trench Flamethrower Batteries.karlik wrote:bob lembke, trickcyclist thank you very much
good newstrickcyclist wrote:The same author who wrote the German flamethrower pioneer book just published a book on all World War I flamethrowers, also by Schiffer. It covers every flamethrower and every flamethrower unit in the war.
I hope it has pictures of all the flamethrowers of WW1,
I did my own drawing of a Russian flamethrower that was probably based on the British Lawrence Model 1915. One source calls it the Zieger-Korn, but it could also be the Gorbov or Aleksandrov.
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SUPER!!! GREAT BOOK!!!trickcyclist wrote:The same author who wrote the German flamethrower pioneer book just published a book on all World War I flamethrowers, also by Schiffer. It covers every flamethrower and every flamethrower unit in the war.
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For interest...
The UK 'Time Team' programme (Channel 4) did a Special about the discovery and attempted recovery of a Livens "Large Gallery" Flame Projector.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time ... /episode-2
It also features a Royal Engineers reconstruction (unfortunately with fuel supplied by pump) of the device to give an idea of the effect.
The UK 'Time Team' programme (Channel 4) did a Special about the discovery and attempted recovery of a Livens "Large Gallery" Flame Projector.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time ... /episode-2
It also features a Royal Engineers reconstruction (unfortunately with fuel supplied by pump) of the device to give an idea of the effect.
Paul
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Kleine 22l M.15 Flammenwerfer, Vienna Arsenal
http://yuripasholok.livejournal.com/8410372.html
http://yuripasholok.livejournal.com/8410372.html
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Hi!Taranov wrote:Kleine 22l M.15 Flammenwerfer, Vienna Arsenal
http://yuripasholok.livejournal.com/8410372.html
Not austro-hungarian, it is german Kleif M1912.