I'm certainly also a little curious as to what the apex of flamethrowers was
I bring you the OG Mudbone of flamethrowers!
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And since you like the eintossflammenwerfer 446, here's it's cold war german counterpart
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Some burny boi combination weapons that I think are super cool:
Behold! an excuse to introduce y'all to Jaegerplatoon if you're not already familiar. Also, one of my favorite WW2 weapon designs
It's soviet relative
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kalashnikov.media
The Lagonda and it's vehicles
en.wikipedia.org
Murica stuff
Some prototype flame tanks
Object 483, which has an article on russian wikipedia
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/af7fr8/object_483_%D0%BE%D1%825554_experimental_flamethrower_tank/
Basilisk, has a wiki article
Basilisk Flamethrower Armored Car Index
www.warwheels.net
Steam Tank
en.wikipedia.org
Pm-1
Three different prototype flamethrower tanks were built by Czechoslovakia from 1949 to 1956 based on G-13 hulls.
tanks-encyclopedia.com
Schwerer-Flammpanzer auf Tiger I
The Schwerer-Flammpanzer auf Tiger I was a flamethrowing tank project based on the turretless hull of the famous German Tiger I heavy tank.
tanks-encyclopedia.com
Also some that were produced, but only in small numbers
E-7
The E7-7 Mechanized Flamethrower was a modification of the M5 Stuart Light Tank. Just 4 of these tanks were built. They served in the Pacific during WW2.
tanks-encyclopedia.com
KV-8
KV-8 built on a KV-1 Model 1942 hull with the angular rear hull overhang, and mounting a 45mm gun and ATO-41 flame projector in an up-armored welded turret. KV-8 manufactured in the spring of summe…
weaponsandwarfare.com
Flammpanzer 38t
The Flammpanzer 38(t) was a late-war modification of the Jagpanzer 38(t). Just 10 of these conversions were produced.
tanks-encyclopedia.com
Also, it was considered to put a flamethrower in a Jagdtiger hull, and the Maus was originally supposed to have one as part of it's armament, the info for this is on Tank Encyclopedia but I already closed the tab for that site so find it yourselves
Because the Sheridan needed to be even more flammable
During 1966-75, there are a lot of studies and proposals which aimed to improve and modify the M551 Sheridan Light tank. Here are two of t...
operating-report.blogspot.com
And I know you said no rockets buuutttttt behold, a russian afv that's basically a modern flame tank, with a twist!
The BMO-T heavy armored personnel carrier is a dedicated armored transported for specialized flamethrower squads.
www.military-today.com
The twist is that you thought it would be the TOS-1
It has a baby brother:
https://en.topwar.ru/100934-boevaya-mashina-ognemetchikov-bmo-1.html
Speaking of TOS-1, some future plans:
New concept of Russian-made Heavy Flamethrower System based on Armata tracked chassis platform released on the Twitter account of RussianDefence.com, dubbed TOS-2
www.armyrecognition.com
Some old school flame weapons from the german wiki that y'all should see, bc they can be loosely tied to the thread and are awesome:
de.wikipedia.org
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One last piece of incendiary goodness: An awesome video about an awesome weapon from an awesome yt channel.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07TOpjZmnM0
