Comments on: Flammenwerfer: Hell on Earth in the Trenches http://www.historynet.com/flammenwerfer-hell-on-earth-in-the-trenches.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:25:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: th3gamingkid(aka Ethan) http://www.historynet.com/flammenwerfer-hell-on-earth-in-the-trenches.htm#comment-816352 th3gamingkid(aka Ethan) Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:43:48 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683183#comment-816352 i just used this site for homework LOL! i just used this site for homework
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]]> By: Alexander http://www.historynet.com/flammenwerfer-hell-on-earth-in-the-trenches.htm#comment-433375 Alexander Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:01:54 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683183#comment-433375 So, it was a kind of the good old Zippo, actually. However, it had to have some steel rope, or a rod to drive the flint, or a serrated wheel (plate). I wonder how reliable it was in front-line conditions. Remember reading somwhere ( perhaps it was Junger) that German soldiers often used matches to ignite the infammable liquid. By the way, was it crude oil, petrol (gasoline) or some mixture? Most probably it was Benzin, as the Germans call it. So, it was a kind of the good old Zippo, actually. However, it had to have some steel rope, or a rod to drive the flint, or a serrated wheel (plate). I wonder how reliable it was in front-line conditions. Remember reading somwhere ( perhaps it was Junger) that German soldiers often used matches to ignite the infammable liquid. By the way, was it crude oil, petrol (gasoline) or some mixture? Most probably it was Benzin, as the Germans call it.

]]> By: Ranger Jim http://www.historynet.com/flammenwerfer-hell-on-earth-in-the-trenches.htm#comment-433276 Ranger Jim Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:17:17 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683183#comment-433276 I don't recall the exact details, but I seem to recall that it was some sort of a flint/steel mechanism which produced a spark by snapping or dragging a flint along a piece of serrated steel, much the same way as cigarette lighters work today. Piezoelectric igniters, which work by stressing a small quartz crystal, weren't invented until the '50s or so. This technology is what you see in electronic fireplace/BBQ lighters today. I don't recall the exact details, but I seem to recall that it was some sort of a flint/steel mechanism which produced a spark by snapping or dragging a flint along a piece of serrated steel, much the same way as cigarette lighters work today.

Piezoelectric igniters, which work by stressing a small quartz crystal, weren't invented until the '50s or so. This technology is what you see in electronic fireplace/BBQ lighters today.

]]> By: Alexander http://www.historynet.com/flammenwerfer-hell-on-earth-in-the-trenches.htm#comment-433251 Alexander Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:37:47 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683183#comment-433251 Could you please explain how the ignition mechanism worked? Thanks in advance. Alexander Could you please explain how the ignition mechanism worked?
Thanks in advance.
Alexander

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