The actual “flamethrower” is a lot older than that. The Chinese crossed their double-acting piston bellows with “fierce fire oil” (crude kerosene or low-octane gasoline from deep wells in Sichuan Province) to create the first true “flamethrower” (that could pump out a continuous stream of flaming fuel) in the mid-9th Century AD.
Interestingly, the Chinese used “straight” naphtha, kerosene, and etc., having never discovered the formula for what the Byzantines called “Greek Fire”, developed around 550 AD. Their “fierce fire oil” was not self-igniting like “Greek Fire”; it required a lit punk or slow-match in the nozzle to set it off.
The gadget they made from primitive black powder to do it is still around today. The Fourth of July “sparkler” is a somewhat “pacified’ version of it.
cheers
eon
June 12, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Tom Stockton
Is it just me, or is something wrong with Sam’s stomach? Odd shadows…
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I appreciate the idea, but if SHTF I don’t think I’d want a huge lizard or a tank of flammable liquid anywhere near my kids.
Or maybe lasers on their heads. Either way.
“Challenge accepted”
Did any of them ever watch Jurassic Park?
What could go wrong?
Uh…Everything?
Zar Belk!
I see someone saw the “things to not give a dinosaur” thread on X.
Imagine a Trex wearing a “pull my finger” tshirt, wielding double barreled flamen worfer , chomping a lit Cuban cigar.
Was the cigar lit, or the Cuban?
Zar Belk!
I suspect the TRex would be mostly chicken. How about a gaggle of velociraptor and pterodactyl prototypes with lasers on their heads?
Okay, I’ll bite. What’s a “Flemmin Waffer”?
Like a Flamin’ Whopper but without the buns (Sam has those).
Flamenwerffer is German for Flame Thrower. The Germans first used them in WWI.
Flamerwerffer was the name of the backpack portable unit.
Flamenwerffer is German for Flame Thrower. The Germans first used them in WWI.
Flamenwerffer was the name of the backpack portable unit.
Repost to correct spelling error.
More than you want to know:
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/weapons/german-flammenwerfer-wwi.html
The actual “flamethrower” is a lot older than that. The Chinese crossed their double-acting piston bellows with “fierce fire oil” (crude kerosene or low-octane gasoline from deep wells in Sichuan Province) to create the first true “flamethrower” (that could pump out a continuous stream of flaming fuel) in the mid-9th Century AD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fierce-fire_Oil_Cabinet
Interestingly, the Chinese used “straight” naphtha, kerosene, and etc., having never discovered the formula for what the Byzantines called “Greek Fire”, developed around 550 AD. Their “fierce fire oil” was not self-igniting like “Greek Fire”; it required a lit punk or slow-match in the nozzle to set it off.
The gadget they made from primitive black powder to do it is still around today. The Fourth of July “sparkler” is a somewhat “pacified’ version of it.
cheers
eon
Is it just me, or is something wrong with Sam’s stomach? Odd shadows…