Simple technology, in the hands of willing and able warriors, can produce astounding effects, Naval Academy midshipmen heard Friday during a display of old and antique Marine Corps weapons.
Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital
Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Williams, left, narrates Friday as Gunnery Sgt. Steven Sullivan fires a World War II-Korean War era flamethrower on Farragut Field at the Naval Academy. Even though the flame was well above the ground, steam rose from the grass.
Simple technology can produce astounding effects, Naval Academy midshipmen heard during a display of old and antique Marine Corps weapons.
Take, for example, the World War II flamethrower.
The device consisted of two tanks of high-octane gasoline, another tank of compressed air, and a regulator valve similar to what deep-sea divers use. (The device also could use jellied gasoline, or napalm, which had a greater effective range.)
"It is nothing more than a glorified bug sprayer," said Gunnery Sgt. Thomas E. Williams, director of the U.S. Marine Corps Historical...
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