Editing Flamethrower (section)

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File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-299-1808-15A, Nordfrankreich, Soldat mit Flammenwerfer.jpg|A German soldier operating a flamethrower in 1944
File:German soldier with flamethrower c1941.jpg|A German soldier using a flamethrower in Russia
File:Belgisch-soldaat-slachtoffer-vlammenwerper.jpg|Belgian soldier wounded by a flamethrower (World War I)
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The Germans made considerable use of the weapon ([[Flammenwerfer 35|''Flammenwerfer'' 35]]) during their invasion of the Netherlands and France, against fixed fortifications. World War II German army flamethrowers tended to have one large fuel tank with the pressurizer tank fastened to its back or side. Some German army flamethrowers occupied only the lower part of its wearer's back, leaving the upper part of his back free for an ordinary rucksack.

Flamethrowers soon fell into disfavour. Flamethrowers were extensively used by German units in [[urban warfare|urban fights]] in [[Poland]], both in 1943 in the [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]] and in 1944 in the [[Warsaw Uprising]] (see the [[Stroop Report]] and the article on the 1943 [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]]). With the contraction of the Third Reich during the latter half of World War II, a smaller, more compact flamethrower known as the [[Einstossflammenwerfer 46]] was produced.

Germany also used flamethrower vehicles, most of them based on the chassis of the [[Sd.Kfz. 251#Variants|Sd.Kfz. 251]] half track and the [[Panzer II#Panzer II Flamm|Panzer II]] and [[Bergepanzer III|Panzer III]] tanks, generally known as [[Flame tank#German Army|''Flammpanzers'']].

The Germans also produced the [[Abwehrflammenwerfer 42]], a flame-mine or [[fougasse (weapon)|flame fougasse]], based on a Soviet version of the weapon.<ref name="lonesentry">{{cite web
| url        = http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/static-defenses/index.html
| title      = Fougasse Flame Throwers from Intelligence Bulletin, November 1944 
| work       = lonesentry.com
| access-date = 3 August 2010
}}</ref> This was essentially a disposable, single use flamethrower that was buried alongside conventional land mines at key defensive points and triggered by either a trip-wire or a command wire. The weapon contained around {{convert|8|USgal|L|order=flip}} of fuel, that was discharged within a second, to a second and a half, producing a flame with a {{convert|15|yd|m|adj=on|order=flip}} range.<ref name="lonesentry" /> One defensive installation found in Italy included seven of the weapons, carefully concealed and wired to a central control point.<ref name="lonesentry" />