The two men in the center foreground are watching to intercept any of the enemy who might try to escape These photographs show some of the action seen by flamethrowers through time. These were much more successful and were used in many conflicts. These backpack type of flamethrowers left the infantryman wearing it very vulnerable to enemy fire, so the Americans turned to experimenting with flame throwers installed on tanks. This encouraged the Americans to do research and they produced their own backpack version, which was introduced in 1942. Again, it was the German military that first used this form of flamethrower and it saw action in 1939 against the Poles in Danzig. The flamethrower was far more successful during World War II, when the model that fitted into a backpack was used.
It was extraordinarily successful in forcing the British troops out of their trenches where they were easy targets for the German soldiers. The German and British trenches were around five yards apart and the flamethrower was not successful in setting fire to the troops in their trenches. It was first used against Allied troops in the First World War on the 30 th June 1915. This stems from the fact that the modern flamethrower was developed in Germany. The word ‘flamethrower’ is an Anglicized form of the German word Flammenwerfer. The Chinese also successfully employed the use of flamethrowers, and fire in one form, or another has been used in battle ever since. A soldier from the 33rd Infantry Division uses an M2 flamethrower.
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