French First World War Flamethrower
Here we see a portable French flamethrower captured by the Germans on the Argonne front.
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Trench, Stephen Bull. Looks at the evolution of the defensive lines on the Western Front of the First World War, from the thin lines of 1914 to the elaborate defensive networks of the late war period and the weapons used to try and break the deadlock. Supported by some fascinating wartime illustrations from military manuals, along with contemporary trench maps. [
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Rickard, J (19 May 2014), French First World War Flamethrower , http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_french_flamethrower_WWI.html