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    Portable Flame Thrower M2-2
    Portable Flame Thrower M2-2
    Portable Flame Thrower M2-2
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    Portable Flame Thrower M2-2

    By United States. War Department

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    This is a well-written manual for M2 flamethrower. The M2 flamethrower was an American portable backpack flamethrower that was used in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. It was the successor to the M1 and M1A1 flamethrowers. Its burn time was around 7 seconds, and the flames were effective around 20–40 meters. It was one of the most effective weapons in the American army. It was introduced into service in 1944 and was first used in combat in Guam. It was after that employed in all Pacific campaigns.

    This manual provided excellent details about the weapon. It includes information on maintaining, cleaning, and repairing the M2 flamethrower with much more crucial knowledge.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 25, 2019
    ISBN4057664619679
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      Portable Flame Thrower M2-2 - United States. War Department

      United States. War Department

      Portable Flame Thrower M2-2

      Published by Good Press, 2019

      [email protected]

      EAN 4057664619679

      Table of Contents

      PART ONE INTRODUCTION

      Section I GENERAL

      Section II DESCRIPTION AND DATA

      Section III TOOLS, PARTS, AND ACCESSORIES

      PART TWO OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

      Section IV GENERAL

      Section V SERVICE UPON RECEIPT OF EQUIPMENT

      Section VI CONTROLS

      Section VII OPERATION UNDER USUAL CONDITIONS

      Section VIII AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

      Section IX OPERATION UNDER UNUSUAL CONDITIONS

      Section X DEMOLITION TO PREVENT ENEMY USE

      PART THREE MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

      Section XI GENERAL

      Section XII SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

      Section XIII LUBRICATION

      Section XIV PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES

      Section XV TROUBLE SHOOTING

      Section XVI TANK GROUP

      Section XVII GUN GROUP

      APPENDIX

      Section XVIII SHIPMENT AND STORAGE

      Section XIX LIST OF REFERENCES

      INDEX

      NOTES

      Fig 1. Portable flame thrower M2–2.

      PART ONE

      INTRODUCTION

      Table of Contents

      Section I GENERAL

      Table of Contents

      1. SCOPE.

      a. Arrangement. This manual is published to guide and inform personnel using and maintaining flame thrower, portable, M2–2. Part One contains general information; Part Two is a guide to operation; Part Three gives maintenance procedures. The Appendix discusses shipment and storage procedures, and applicable publications.

      b. References. References are listed in the Appendix. The list includes field manuals, technical manuals, and Army Regulations.

      2. RECORDS.

      Although no standard maintenance forms and records are furnished, an improvised list should be kept of the number of times each flame thrower has been fired. The list indicates when it is necessary to provide the after-six-missions preventive maintenance and lubrication. It should be tacked or glued to the inside surface of the packing-chest lid and each flame thrower should always be returned to its own chest.

      Section II DESCRIPTION AND DATA

      Table of Contents

      3. USES OF FLAME THROWERS.

      Flame throwers can: a. Penetrate openings, such as embrasures and gun ports, and fill the fortifications with flame and smoke.

      b. Burn, asphyxiate, and blind enemy personnel, causing casualties, shock, panic, and abandonment of a fortified position.

      c. Ignite combustible parts of shelters and materiel and start detonation of sensitive ammunition and explosives.

      Fig 2. Firing with liquid fuel.

      Fig 3. Firing with thickened fuel. Thickened fuel has longer range than liquid fuel and burns on target for several minutes.

      d. Shoot around corners, when fuel is fired from dead or blind angles. This is made possible by the billowing and swirling movements of flaming gases. Blazing thickened fuels also ricochet from wall to wall in fortifications.

      e. Cause the enemy to close ports, temporarily putting the emplacement out of action and thus protecting the demolition party.

      f. Mop up dug-in personnel.

      g. Eliminate enemy nests in street or jungle fighting.

      4. CHARACTERISTICS AND EMPLOYMENT.

      a. Action. Fuel is propelled into the target by a charge of highly compressed air or nitrogen. As fuel leaves the gun of the M2–2 portable flame thrower (Fig 1), it is ignited by contact with flame from charges of incendiary mix held in an expendable ignition cylinder.

      b. Bursts. A continuous stream or separate bursts may be fired for approximately 8 to 9 seconds, not including time between the bursts. The five incendiary charges in the ignition cylinder are controlled by the trigger and can ignite several bursts.

      c. Range. Portable flame throwers are fired at extremely close or point-blank range for best results. (Par 22) Effective range for liquid fuels (Fig 2) is as far as 20 yards, and for thickened fuels (Fig 3), 40 yards, but underbrush and adverse winds can reduce the distances.

      d. Weight. To keep the weight as light as possible and still provide strength to withstand very high pressures, most parts are made of aluminum or sheet steel.

      e. Tactics. Two or more flame throwers are generally used on a mission with other weapons of the assault squad. (See FM 31–50, Attack on a Fortified Position and Combat in Towns.)

      f. Firers and assistants. One man carries and fires each flame thrower. Well-armed assistants accompany firers to give close protection and to serve as emergency replacements. Whereas the M1A1 portable flame thrower may require the help of an assistant to open the pressure-tank valve, the M2–2 flame thrower pressure-tank valve is located within reach of the firer and is operated by him without assistance. Firers and assistants should be thoroughly trained in operation of the weapon.

      Fig 4. Tank group.

      g. Charging and filling. In order to replace pressure tanks (cylinders) of earlier types of flame throwers, it is necessary to unscrew and screw threaded connections.

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