Flame fougasse
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A flame fougasse is a type of mine or improvised explosive device which uses an explosive charge to project burning liquid onto a target. The flame fougasse was developed by the Petroleum Warfare Depa
A demonstration of a fougasse, somewhere in Britain. A car is surrounded in flames and a huge cloud of smoke, c. 1940.
Safety fougasse installation diagram.
Fougasse charge diagram.
Demigasse installation diagram.
Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
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The Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 was a German static defensive flamethrower, flame fougasse or flame mine used during the Second World War. The design was copied from Russian FOG-1 mines that were encounter
Flame fougasse
…the fuel. The range of the flame varied considerably, generally just a few tens of yards and lasted only one to two seconds. The German version, the Abwehrflammenwerfer 42, had an 8 imperial gallons (36 L; 9.6 US gal) fuel tank and were wired back to a control point from where they could be fired individually or together…
A US soldier holds up a German static flamethrower, probably an Abwehrflammenwerfer 42.
An Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 displayed at Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, 2017