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Flamethrower operator

Illustration from the July 1915 issue of Popular Mechanics.

 

Though this German flamethrower pioneer armed with a Kleif M.1912, he is not "rerady to attack" because the flamethrower lacks a nozzle, an igniter holder, and an igniter.

 

This image and the drawing on the cover of the magazine are based on a rendering by Sir Amédée Forestier.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e_Forestier

 

It's likely that Forestier's version was based on a French commercial postcard depicting a captured Kleif M.1912.

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