Naval flamethrower

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Naval flamethrower

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Post by jopaerya » 14 Jan 2013, 18:55

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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Post by Manuferey » 15 Jan 2013, 02:21

I would be curious to know against what target such a weapon could be militarily effective … if it were a weapon. 8O

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Post by der bunkermann » 15 Jan 2013, 09:59

Maybe against tiefflieger?

I allways have doubts with those blue captions in this handwriting.
In the past these proofed to be false multiple times..

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Re: Naval flamethrower

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Post by stril » 15 Jan 2013, 13:46

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:
Die 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

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Post by AVV » 15 Jan 2013, 14:14

Hello!
stril wrote:One of several weapons installed on some ships as defence for low flying aircraft.
Thanks for the information. Quite a weird weapon! 8O

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Post by Manuferey » 16 Jan 2013, 01:00

Yes, thanks Stril. Obviously, this "weapon" did not work as expected by its inventors ! Best chances against low-flying blimps. :lol:

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Post by wimve » 16 Jan 2013, 10:07

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.
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Post by jopaerya » 24 Apr 2017, 20:42

A other picture from Ebay , Regards Jos
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Post by ROLAND1369 » 25 Apr 2017, 04:02

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.

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Post by jopaerya » 23 May 2017, 22:04

From Ebay
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