{"id":60107,"date":"2020-12-02T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=60107"},"modified":"2020-12-01T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T14:19:20","slug":"british-life-buoy-wwii-flamethrower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/12\/02\/british-life-buoy-wwii-flamethrower\/","title":{"rendered":"British &#8220;Life Buoy&#8221; WWII Flamethrower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DipovhlcmqI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 3 Oct 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the the flamethrower design styles to come out of experimentation late in World War One was the toroid type, with a donut-shaped fuel tank and a central spherical pressure bottle. The British continued development on this type of weapon between the wars, and used it in World War Two. While the early models used a hydrogen spark ignition system, this was replaced in 1942 by a cartridge flare system like the US and Japanese models.<\/p>\n<p>The tank on this example is a fiberglass one, and very lightweight. This was introduced after World War Two, and this one is an experimental model.<\/p>\n<p>Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in this video, don&#8217;t miss the ARES companion blog post:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armamentresearch.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/armamentresearch.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=DipovhlcmqI&#038;event=video_description&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFJnZDFyWmxqcWxaNmZPZkl0ZzdGQ2xzNW1MZ3xBQ3Jtc0trUXJ2a1haX2xsaTJLR0JsaG9GMW5uTkxDd1IzR2RJQko4QVVDbEtBNUhJVWQyZjJXWTJCcFFwcjU0RlVWNDhvWndXNFhYampNdUVEWGhMOVdkV0ZCQjk3eUhHUVBnYkNMTWlBeHNUSWxoeFloS1Mzdw%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-02-British-\u201cLife-Buoy\u201d-WWII-Flamethrower.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-02-British-\u201cLife-Buoy\u201d-WWII-Flamethrower-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-61822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-02-British-\u201cLife-Buoy\u201d-WWII-Flamethrower-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-02-British-\u201cLife-Buoy\u201d-WWII-Flamethrower-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-02-British-\u201cLife-Buoy\u201d-WWII-Flamethrower-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-02-British-\u201cLife-Buoy\u201d-WWII-Flamethrower.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 3 Oct 2017 http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons One of the the flamethrower design styles to come out of experimentation late in World War One was the toroid type, with a donut-shaped fuel tank and a central spherical pressure bottle. 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