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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 14:40, 13 November 2019
46 (single-shot flamethrower), also known as the Abwehrflammenwerfer 46 (defense flamethrower) or the Volksflammerwerfer 46 (people's flamethrower), is a Nazi German single-shot flamethrower.
History
Little is known about the actual design history of the weapon, but it is known that the weapon was fielded in 1944 during the closing years of World War II. It was known to have been used by the Volkssturm, members of the Werwolf propaganda and the Fallschirmjäger. Approximately 30,700 were manufactured.
Design Details
Designed to be cheap and easily mass-produced, the Einstossflammenwerfer can be easily described as a cylinder with a trigger and pistol grip at the front end.
The weapon's body is a 0.45 gallon (1.7 liter) fuel tank which uses a flame fougasse style explosive compression cartridge, emptying the tank in about half a second. This method had already been used on the stove-sized Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 flame mine, a direct copy of the Soviet FOG-1.