Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors were large experimental flamethrowers used by the British Army in World War I, named after their inventor, Royal...
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Churchill Crocodile (category Flame tanks)
but generally the range was around 80 yards (73 m) To ignite the flame, the projector used a fine spray of petrol from the Crocodile's main fuel tank;...
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In pyrotechnics, a flame projector is a special effects device that projects a column of flame upwards, for a short, determined and controllable, period...
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Flamethrower (redirect from Flame thrower)
in 1940–1941 by the Petroleum Warfare Department to use flame fougasse static flame projectors in the event of an invasion, with around 50,000 barrel-based...
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warfare weapons such as the flame fougasse and various other flame weapons. Prior to the invention of the Livens Projector, chemical weapons had been delivered...
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Petroleum Warfare Department (section Flame traps)
number of chemical-warfare and flame-throwing weapons. The largest of his works was the Livens large-gallery flame projector, which could project burning...
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William Howard Livens (section Livens projector)
Germans. It was to this end that he began experimenting with gas and flame projectors of various types and continued in his work even after hearing that...
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Valentine tank (redirect from Valentine flame tank)
the PWD using a projector operated by compressed hydrogen gas. Both carried the flame-thrower fuel in a trailer and the flame projector was mounted on...
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concealed under a sheet-metal outer casting resembling a knapsack; the flame projector was designed to resemble a standard Mosin–Nagant rifle. The purpose...
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other flame-fuel tanks, totalling 162 imperial gallons (740 L) were fitted in the hull and used to replenish the turret tank. The flame projector had a...
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tank fitted with the Ronson flamethrower equipment. A tank containing the flame fuel was fitted at the rear, with a pipe from it leading to the fixed angle...
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Armoured fighting vehicle (section Flame tank)
Usually, the flame projector replaced one of the tank's machineguns, however, some flame projectors replaced the tank's main gun. Fuel for the flame weapon...
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Smoke and chemical weapons 4-inch Stokes Mortar Livens Projector Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector Anti-aircraft guns QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder...
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and usage time. Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector 1916 United Kingdom Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors were large experimental flamethrowers...
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Smoke and chemical weapons 4-inch Stokes Mortar Livens Projector Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector Anti-aircraft guns QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder...
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play Fire lance Fire performance (Indonesia) Fire staff Fire triangle Flame projector Lucent Dossier Experience "The Celebration Of Water Drawing". Chabad...
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Mametz on the Somme for surviving pieces of a Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector. The Zonnebeke excavation was shown on UK television as "The Lost WWI...
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Smoke and chemical weapons 4-inch Stokes Mortar Livens Projector Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector Anti-aircraft guns QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder...
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Treasury. 29 May 1922. FM 20-33: Combat Flame Operations. Headquarters Department of the Army. 1967. Livens Projector M1. United States Department of War...
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Smoke and chemical weapons 4-inch Stokes Mortar Livens Projector Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector Anti-aircraft guns QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder...
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units. Never built. Sd.Kfz. 251/16 - Flammpanzerwagen. Fitted with two flame projectors and initially a rear-mounted flamethrower, detachable but still connected...
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high-explosive cartridges. The incendiary shell in flight emitted very hot flames from two openings in its base, which made it look as if the gun had fired...
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flamethrower and accompanying equipment instead of the normal gun. The flame projector, encased in a metal shield reminiscent of that of a gun barrel, was...
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Smoke and chemical weapons 4-inch Stokes Mortar Livens Projector Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector Anti-aircraft guns QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder...
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Smoke and chemical weapons 4-inch Stokes Mortar Livens Projector Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector Anti-aircraft guns QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder...
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Smoke and chemical weapons 4-inch Stokes Mortar Livens Projector Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector Anti-aircraft guns QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder...
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sites for the flame projectors. There are 3 sites, two with 8 flame projectors each, and one site on the castle with 4 flame projectors. -One located...
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Smoke and chemical weapons 4-inch Stokes Mortar Livens Projector Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector Anti-aircraft guns QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder...
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Smoke and chemical weapons 4-inch Stokes Mortar Livens Projector Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector Anti-aircraft guns QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder...
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bombs during the Battle of the Somme until other specialised longer range projectors became available. Cordite charges appropriate to the required range were...
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