Einstossflammenwerfer 46

Einstossflammenwerfer 46

The Einstossflammenwerfer 46 was a flamethrower designed in Germany during the second half of World War II and introduced in 1944; it was engineered to be both cheap and easily mass-produced. The disposable weapon fired a half-second burst of flame of up to 27m. [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZozuZLDSYpMC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Einstossflammenwerfer+46&source=web&ots=CmWdotAiEO&sig=tHgkcKi9SxkaRfv7WjDF3gw0gz0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=30&ct=result "German Airborne Troops 1939-45" (excerpt via Google Books] - Quarrie, Bruce & Chappell, Mike; Osprey Publishing, 1983, Page 22, ISBN 0850454808]

It was probably issued to the "Volkssturm" or the Werwolf movement,Fact|date=August 2008 but also used by the German paratroopers.

ee also

* Flamethrower
* Flammenwerfer 35
* Flammenwerfer M.16.

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