Eli5: How effective were flamethrowers when they were still in use in the military and what were the dangers of operating one?
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Something no one’s explicitly mentioned as a danger is that you don’t get to surrender. They’ve touched on it, as to how awful it is to be burned alive and how flamethrower operators were specifically targeted. And like, officially, rules of war, anyone can surrender and it *must* be accepted.
Unofficially, if you’ve got a flamethrower on and you surrender, “they didn’t see you surrender” or “you attempted to attack after surrendering” or “there was an accident,” assuming an excuse is even given. Flamethrowers were hated, and no one would bat an eye at a little bit of war crime if it was a flamethrower operator at the receiving end of them.
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