Eli5: What made Napalm so useful as a weapon of war and what were some of the drawbacks of its use in warfare?

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Eli5: What made Napalm so useful as a weapon of war and what were some of the drawbacks of its use in warfare?

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It’s insanely bad stuff. Imagine you get hit with it; you jump in a lake to put the fire/burning out and it still burns. Outlawed for the last 40 years

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Checkout The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell for some interesting history and the answers to your questions. Napalm burned down Tokyo well before Vietnam.

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Checkout The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell for some interesting history and the answers to your questions. Napalm burned down Tokyo well before Vietnam.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Checkout The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell for some interesting history and the answers to your questions. Napalm burned down Tokyo well before Vietnam.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Checkout The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell for some interesting history and the answers to your questions. Napalm burned down Tokyo well before Vietnam.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Checkout The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell for some interesting history and the answers to your questions. Napalm burned down Tokyo well before Vietnam.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Checkout The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell for some interesting history and the answers to your questions. Napalm burned down Tokyo well before Vietnam.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Styrofoam and gasoline makes a decent napalm. It’s fucked up tool of war to use. It sticks everywhere and continues to burn. Water spreads it and doesn’t put it out. It’s almost as bad a Greek fire.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Styrofoam and gasoline makes a decent napalm. It’s fucked up tool of war to use. It sticks everywhere and continues to burn. Water spreads it and doesn’t put it out. It’s almost as bad a Greek fire.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Styrofoam and gasoline makes a decent napalm. It’s fucked up tool of war to use. It sticks everywhere and continues to burn. Water spreads it and doesn’t put it out. It’s almost as bad a Greek fire.