• Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    A flamethrower is a ranged incendiary device.

    What do you consider a flamethrower?

    How far is ranged?

    Construction uses what I would call torches, not flamethrowers

    There is very few cases where you want to “throw” flames. It’s inefficient. Keeping the flame and the material close is preferred.

    Giant pile of tar you want to set on fire as fast as possible? I guess a flamethrower is effective. Burning brush, anything where you’re catching something on fire so it spreads.

    They use “flamethrowers” on bitumen roofs. But the idea behind the tool is to not throw the flames as far as possible.

    I’d define flamethrower as “An incendiary device that disperses uncontrollable flames at a distance”