
It was used in both World War I and World War II. The Schilt flamethrower was a french flamethrower made in response to the german flamethrowers on the Western Front. It contained 18 L (4.0 imp gal) of fuel in a doughnut-shaped container. It was a near copy of the German Wechselapparat ("Wex") from 1917. The Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 (nicknamed "Lifebuoy" from the shape of its fuel tank), also known as the "Ack Pack", was a British design of backpack flamethrower for infantry use in the Second World War. It was a handheld device, composed of a cylindrical tank with a pistol grip and a nozzle at the end. The Einstossflammenwerfer 46 was a light single-shot flamethrower, used as an auxiliary infantry weapon during late World War II. This page is a list of flamethrowers of all forms from all around the world.
