Not how i'd imagine a flame thrower to work

[Alex_H]

I was just watching the following clip from Youtube how the Chinese military were called in to use a flame thrower to rid a huge wasps nest and was surprised on the size of a flame.

I was always under the assumption that flame throwers sprayed a flammable liquid over a large distance however this appears to use a gas I think.

Any military nut able to comment? Action begins at 1:05.

http://videosift.com/video/Army-sent...huge-wasp-nest

[theunwantedbeing]

Short burst, very high pressure flaming liquid.

Note the distance the flame travelled, a gas flame simply cannot go those distances.

[N810]

Yea that's just WW2 tech.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamethrower

[Private_SeeD]

I feel sorry for the guy who seems to be bracing the gunner

[Sojourner]

however this appears to use a gas I think.

What gave you this impression? I don't think that's what it looks like.

There are flamethrowers on film from WW2, and the jet does arc a bit more than this one, but looks fairly similar. Maybe it's deliberately at high pressure to give a short burst in a very flat arc.