M2 Flamethrower - In The Movies 

Fun fact, that clip you show from Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (where DiCaprio complains about the flamethrower's heat) was actually his real response to using it, not acting, but Tarantino left it in the movie anyway.

7:55 I like that you brought this point out about mental health. Just wanted to bring this up, flamethrowers and PTSD are a major plot point in LA Noire.

I'm not sure if this was brought up and I missed it, but another thing I've heard about flamethrowers back then during WW2 was that they used to claim that flamethrowers were humane weapons that killed fast and almost painlessly as compared to explosives and bullets, and could be used for mercy killing. After some time, that was obviously proven false and we now know flamethrowers are horrible weapons if used against people.

The People's Liberation army Ground force is the only force that actively uses flamethrower as forward assault weapon similar to US army and marines doctrine in WW2. The name is Type 74 model flamethrower which is a copy of LPO 50 soviet flamethrower.

The thing that the movies definitely don't get right is the sound. It's not really a roar, but more like a woosh as the air in front of you gets displaced and the hiss of the gas pushing the napalm out. They're actually pretty eerily quiet.

In Call of Duty: World at War you can see flamethrowers used by Germans against the player hiding in a building, as well as by US marines when clearing bunkers. You also can pick up an M2 flamethrower from a soldier who was killed when trying to reach a bunker, and use it to clear that bunker yourself. While it can be used as a regular weapon (it has infinite ammo) in several missions, these missions involve clearing fortifications, which makes it's presence somewhat justified and appropriate.

My Man Johnny is really battling hard against youtube's absurd copyright dictates.

“The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.” ― George Carlin

Johnny, just want to say you are my favorite history youtuber, whenever im unsure of what to watch I always come back to your channel, because I KNOW whichever video i pick will be top-tier and guaranteed to be interesting. Keep it up!

"World War 1 The Complete Story" is on youtube. A 1965 CBS series narrated by Robert Ryan with great music by Morton Gould. Highly recommended. In his monotone voice, Ryan says WW1 was the war with no unbreakable rules. He mentions the first use of poison gas and flame throwers by the Germans.

I saw a movie (sorry cannot remember its name) where a soldier wanted to try a flame thrower but did not realize how the flow of liquid would make the nozzle strongly rise. The result was the nozzle pointing straight up and the flame descending onto the soldier.

Johnny, you always enlighten me without all the boring, extraneous build up common with most RU-vid presenters. Thanks.

Some other flamethrowers of the contemporary era 1) Einstossflammenwerfer 46 Germany 2) Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 UK 3)Schilt Flamethrower France 4) Flammenwerfer M.16. Germany 5)Flammenwerfer 35 Germany 6)Flammenwerfer 41 Germany 7)Handflammpatrone West Germany 8)Harvey Flamethrower United Kingdom 9)Hay flamethrower United Kingdom 10)Home Guard Flamethrower United Kingdom 11)Kleinflammenwerfer Germany 12)K pattern flamethrower Poland T 13)Lanciafiamme Modello 35 Italy 14) LPO-50 Soviet Union 15) M1A1 Flamethrower United States 16) M2 flamethrower United States 17) M9 flamethrower United States 18)Marsden flamethrower United Kingdom 19)Morriss portable flamethrower United Kingdom 20)ROKS flamethrowers Soviet Union The Finnish designation for captured ROKS-2 units was m/41-r. 21)Type 93 and 100 flamethrowers Japan 22)Wechselapparat Germany

It’s a common misconception that flamethrower use is a “war crime”. While certainly a horrific weapon, international treaties only ban the use of incendiaries in civilian-populated areas.

The churchills that had flamethrowers also had a “trolly” fuel tank for it, and apparently it had an exploding latch that the driver could set off upon the first sign of fire, separating the two.

“You are afraid Amber lash of searing flame Lungs filled with acrid smoke You ought to be afraid. You’re made out of meat” -Ahoy

At the end of the day, "Hell Is For Heroes" remains the canonical flamethrower movie.

There was a really good show set during Vietnam War called Tour of Duty where in one episode it was featured a lot. It has the actor who played the animated Batman Kevin Conroy in it. He passed away but it was his last episode in that show.

I could swear i saw this video a couple of weeks ago, but it says it was only uploaded a couple of hours ago 🤔

Lindybeige did a great rant about the Churchill Crocodile - he claims it's one of the best weapons of WW2. Worth a look.

Re-uploading demonetized videos?

In USA you can own a flamethrower, except if you are veteran.

Flamethrower is also used in The Pianist.

This is one of my favorite flamethrowers 🔥

Besides the Crocodile flame throwing Churchill tank, the Commonwealth forces also used Universal carriers fitted with flame throwers and called them Wasps. Probably because they had a nasty sting.

One thing not really covered here, is most flame throwers don't have a constantly burning blowtorch at the end like they do on TV (at least not past the Korean war) instead they had limited use road flare that burned for about 30 seconds and had to be changed out when all used up, making the Flamethrower very limited use in combat

i swear i watched this video before. Is this a repost?

Would like to see g 98 in the movies

Hey, Johnny, I have a special request to send you. You forgot that Flamethrowers were in the movie Aliens (1986) & the video game Duke Nuken: Time to Kill (on PS1) (...& the PS1 is a stretch, but I wanted to bring it to your attention). &, thank you for your upload of this device😎👍👍

Fun yet slightly disturbing fact. Believe it or not in the United States it is completely legal to own a flamethrower. In fact, if you know where to look, there are actually people out there who make their business repairing deactivated military style flamethrowers. This usually evolves around things like plugging holes that have been poked into the various tanks and so on and so forth. Sometimes what is also done is one or both of the fuel tanks will be filled with , expanding insulation foam at the same time. But you can actually still buy these kinds of things. And I’m not referring to the “it’s not a flamethrower“ thing from Elon Musk, which is basically just an oversized barbecue lighter. Not only can you purchase old military type flamethrowers and not have to go through all the various hoops that you do for firearms. But you can even buy more up-to-date versions for relatively inexpensive prices. The reason for this is because due to a rather unique little loophole flamethrowers are seen more as agricultural devices used for things like weed abatement, and such. Not only that, but there’s also the fact that napalm is not something that the average civilian can get a hold of. However, and I probably shouldn’t even say this, but if you know what you’re doing, you can actually make the stuff. No I am not kidding. Second fun fact. During the footage from the movie holes of Montezuma, where we see the one Marine Corps member basically telling the flamethrower tank to open up and then we actually see the footage of the jet of fire being shown. That footage of the Jetta flame is actual combat footage from. I believe it was the battle of Okinawa.

Just as good the second time around.

Isn't this a re-upload.. I could had sworn I seen you make this exact video before, like a month or so ago.

I've always heard that flame thrower people had high casualty rates. Being they were huge targets by their enemies. I really didn't know that they exploded into a massive fire ball.

These things are evil in enlisted, almost certain death if hit and unless you are at a 90+degree angle from where they are shooting, the flame makes it impossible to see the shooter to stop them.

The Flamethrower in Hell let loose needs a buff

great video

cool video man

You should have mention also that Japan has been using Flame Thrower during world war II, esp. during their attack on the Philippines. In battle of bataan and corregidor.

Hot topic man. Thanks Johnny

thank u could u do a video on german tanks or maybe warhogs

I wouldn’t have wanted to be issued a flamethrower. You have to assault difficult positions and you have to get close up to do it.

I would love to be an operator of such weapon.

I know that this movie doesn't portrays the use of flamethrower, but didn't disney use a flamethrower sound to portrays maleficent's dragonbreath? Is the flamethrower sound use in the movie came from m2?

You are right about the napalm, but the tanks used it not the m2

i wonder how the soldiers felt about using these. it must be horrifying to have to watch people burn

I would like to know more about the flamethrowers in the movie them and John carpenters the thing. Were they rigged with propane gas or were they firing some kind of liquid fuel? I am a filmmaker so I've been wondering about that all these years. For some shots you can fire a gun or some thing like a flamethrower from a distance into a mirror set at 45° to the camera so it looks like it's coming right into the camera but it's actually going past It. It's an old stage magicians trick. But I'm wondering if because of the scenes we see in them and John carpenters movie if those flamethrowers had been loaded with some kind of gas instead of a liquid fuel to prevent splashing all over the place. Any ideas?

What no mention of the M3 Satan Tank?

Why would the victims in bunkers die of asphyxiation rather than the effects of the flames?

"Zis is a Flammenwerfer, It Werfs Flammens."

Who else noticed the visual easter egg at 5:00?

as a pyromaniac, i enjoyed this video

Damn, they got another one.

Does rising storm experience count 🔥🔥🔥🪖🌴🇻🇳

you missed their use in europe show in "A bridge too far' when the britsh para's blow up a pill box with one.

Did your last video get flagged ?

The gremlines strike again Let’s motivate them with a short burst

I hate to do this to you, but there is no account of flamethrowers used at all during the D-Day landing.

Obligatory flamethrower comment: Flammenwerfer, it werfs flammen!

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what use is a flamethrougher for chemical warfare departments? is it to burn bodies and equipment that has been gassed?

Feel like i've seen this before