Flammenwerfer M.16

The Flammenwerfer M.16 or Grossflammenwerfer (Grof) M.16 was the second version of the large flamethrower Grof M.12 designed by the German engineer Richard Fiedler and was used during the first World War by Austrian and German forces. After the first successes of the small flamethrower, the Kleinflammenwerfer M.15, by Verdun in 1915, the Germans decided to build a more effective flamethrower. So in early 1916, the first M.16 were developed and supplied to the front. Unlike his fixed predecessor the M.16 was usually operated by two men. The oil is forced out of a metal hose from the tank at a high pressure and then it is ignited by a hydrogen torch.
A smaller, lighter version of the Grof, the Kleinflammenwerfer (Kleif) M.16, was also designed for one man portable use. The Kleif was often used by German Pionier and Stosstrupp squads for rapid advances.

Flammenwerfer M.16 captured by Russian soldiers.

Kleinflammenwerfer (Kleif) M.16.

Specifications

• Weight: 70 pounds
• Range: 20 Yards

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Lost Battalion		German troops		2001
The Red Baron		German soldier	Kleif	2008

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Date
Battlefield: 1918				2004
NecroVisioN: Lost Company			unusable	2010
Valiant Hearts: The Great War			Kleif, unusable	2014

Wechselapparat M1917

The Wechselapparat Wex M1917 was a lightweight modified version of the M.16. Since 1916, the German flamethrower troops upgraded increasingly to the so-called "Wex", a one-man flamethrower of the next generation with an eye-catching annular tank holding twelve liters of fire oil. In the middle of the ring sat a spherical compressed air tank, with its contents the M.16. could be used either in ten flame surges to a max of 30 meters range or fire three bursts up to 100 meters. The ignition of the flame jet was carried out automatically with a small gas flame.The Wex saw effective use in 1917/18 and was the basis for a number of flamethrowers including the Model 40 German flamethrower and the British No. 2 Portable Flamethrower in World War II. After the first World War the Germans were supposed to destroy all their flamethrowers but the most were used by German Freikorps. Some of the Wex were used in Finland in the 1920s.

Wechselapparat Wex M1917 - flamethrower.

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Date
The Great War 1918				2013
Verdun	Wechselapparat M1917 Wex			2015
Battlefield 1	Wex			2016