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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 success 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.16s 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.
Specifications
- Weight: 70 pounds
- Range: 20 Yards
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Red Baron | A German soldier | Kleif | 2008 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost Battalion | German troops | 2001 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 | |||
| NecroVisioN: Lost Company | unusable | 2010 | ||
| Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 | "Kleif" | Kleinflammenwerfer M.16 | 2015 |
Wechselapparat M1917
The Wechselapparat M1917, nicknamed Wex, 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.
Wechselapparat in German means "exchange apparatus," referring to how the nitrogen propellant gas in the spherical central tank is exchanged to the larger doughnut-shaped fuel tank, pumping out the fuel.
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.
In 1940, a small number of the updated lightweight Flammenwerfer 40 klein were produced and issued as a temporary measure to combat the shortcomings of the Flammenwerfer 35 in the form of weight and bulkiness. However, they were pretty quickly abandoned in favor of Flammenwerfer 41.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wonder Woman | Seen in a German trench | 2017 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great War 1918 | 2013 | |||
| Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 | "Wex" | 2015 | ||
| Verdun | "Wechselapparat M1917 Wex" | 2015 | ||
| Battlefield 1 | "Wex" | 2016 | ||
| Screaming Steel: 1914-1918 | "Wechselapparat" | 2018 | ||
| Beyond The Wire | "Wechselapparat" | 2022 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saga of Tanya the Evil | Empire troops | 2017 |