Naval flamethrower
Naval flamethrower
Hello All
Was this a common weapon on ships or just a experimental one ??
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 1&t=115153
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Regards Jos
Was this a common weapon on ships or just a experimental one ??
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 1&t=115153
Photo = Ebay
Regards Jos
Re: Naval flamethrower
I would be curious to know against what target such a weapon could be militarily effective … if it were a weapon.
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Re: Naval flamethrower
Maybe against tiefflieger?
I allways have doubts with those blue captions in this handwriting.
In the past these proofed to be false multiple times..
I allways have doubts with those blue captions in this handwriting.
In the past these proofed to be false multiple times..
Re: Naval flamethrower
Hello
One of several weapons installed on some ships as defence for low flying aircraft.
On forum-marinearchiv.de there is some info on this weapon:
stril
One of several weapons installed on some ships as defence for low flying aircraft.
On forum-marinearchiv.de there is some info on this weapon:
regardsDie Flammenwerfer wurden auch auf mehreren Sperrbrechern eingebaut. Im Juni 1941 wurden mit dem Geleitschiff Möwe erste Versuche mit einer solchen Anlage durchgeführt. Laut M.Dv. 45 sollten damit Tiefflieger gezwungen werden höher zugehen. "Abschüsse" waren der M. Dv. 45 nach nicht das Ziel. Die Anlage hatte eine Strahlreichweite von 35-50 m ab Strahlrohr. Der Ölvorrat war so ausgelegt das 50 Flammenstöße von je 3 sec. Dauer möglich waren. Die Anlagen waren unbeliebt und wurden trotz gegenteiligen Befehlen selten eingesetzt. Eins der Probleme mit der Anlage bestand darin, das wenn diese nicht korrekt arbeitete, das dann nach dem Abstellen Öl außen am Mast runterlief und sich entzündete. Dies stellte natürlich eine Gefahr für das Schiff dar.
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Re: Naval flamethrower
Hello!
Best regards, Aleks
Thanks for the information. Quite a weird weapon!stril wrote:One of several weapons installed on some ships as defence for low flying aircraft.
Best regards, Aleks
Re: Naval flamethrower
Yes, thanks Stril. Obviously, this "weapon" did not work as expected by its inventors ! Best chances against low-flying blimps.
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Re: Naval flamethrower
I think that when flying that low into enemy territory this weapon would be the least of your problems.
Any gun would bring you down.
I can imagine that firing this thing would be terrifying for the shipcrew. You may hope that all the fuel spit out, is burned before gravity takes over.
Any gun would bring you down.
I can imagine that firing this thing would be terrifying for the shipcrew. You may hope that all the fuel spit out, is burned before gravity takes over.
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Re: Naval flamethrower
This should not come as a suprise, the British tried the same thing early in the war because of the shortage of aa guns and the US 8th Air Force tried the same idea in the tail of a B 24. It is psychological only as was the anti-invasion british hoses to set the sea on fire. I suspect this was experimental only. A Flametrower is very effective but not for these purposes.