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Lets have them for PRV!

I don't really see a need for flamethrowers since they don't have a large range compared to rifles. Then again, I'm not the end all source.

darkside12 wrote:I don't really see a need for flamethrowers since they don't have a large range compared to rifles. Then again, I'm not the end all source.

its a forest, the furthest you'll be able to shoot without hitting a tree would be about 50 meters probs in a proper jugly foresty place

darkside12 wrote:I don't really see a need for flamethrowers since they don't have a large range compared to rifles. Then again, I'm not the end all source.

Uhh hello?

They're AWESOME

We could make them shoot though objects so in some way they are better than a rifle.

maybe on some vehicles but as a kit it seems ridiculous

would be fun to drive around with a m113 or pbr "zippo"

A "fuck communism" zippo ^^ (really they exist google it)

If there was flamethrowers, it would be cool if their usefulness in clearing out caves could be somehow modeled.

where they actually used in vietnam,cant remember seeing one.

And wtf happened to sourcing/backing up suggestions?,everyone just seems to spam some random suggestions here

supahpingi wrote:where they actually used in vietnam,cant remember seeing one.

And wtf happened to sourcing/backing up suggestions?,everyone just seems to spam some random suggestions here

They used napalm more then flametrowers in the vietnam war.

aye, they were mostly mounted on PBRs n tanks. i have seen photos of portable flamethrowers but only in instances such as burning down hoochs n what not. not a 'combat role' as such.

Yea... would serve as like a limited engineer/ "HotHead" Pick up kit lol

Just wondering how one could work well in PRV

M47 flame tank?

!!!!!

sparks50 wrote:If there was flamethrowers, it would be cool if their usefulness in clearing out caves could be somehow modeled.

That's about the only use I could see for them.

Well if the devs make the jungle as thick as real life than a flame thrower would be very, very usefull.
Firefights took place over a few dozen metres ALOT in vietnam, I have read lots of combat diaries of Aussie troops saying they have been engaged at under 5 metres. Intense stuff, it all relies on how thick the vegetation is though, there would be no need for one if they make all the maps look like the one in the trailer.

mo0nbuggy1 wrote:Well if the devs make the jungle as thick as real life than a flame thrower would be very, very usefull.
Firefights took place over a few dozen metres ALOT in vietnam, I have read lots of combat diaries of Aussie troops saying they have been engaged at under 5 metres. Intense stuff, it all relies on how thick the vegetation is though, there would be no need for one if they make all the maps look like the one in the trailer.

I doubt they will be, but even in thick vegetation, when someone sprays a flamethrower, it's like a LMG: #1 target because it's the most dangerous. I can see the guy with the zippo on his back being cut down as soon as he fires off his first 'burst' with it. I know when the mod comes out and I SL, that'll be the first guy I'll have my squad looking for in an engagement.

Same as in real life, he is a main target because he is so deadly. But given he would be used in a realistic kind of way he would be very handy, a pinned squad would be in trouble if they didn't kill him fast.

I dont ever remember seeing a man with a falmerthrower, but tanks, boats, etc. thats a different story.

I doubt anybody on this forum is seriously opposed to flamethrowers in any shape or form