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Commercial Flamethrower Successfully Crowdfunded
ColdWetDog writes: You've always wanted one, of course. Zombies, the occasional alien infestation. The neighbor's smelly roses. You just need to be prepared for things. You can get freeze dried food, AR15's, enough ammo to start a small police action (at least here in the U.S. -- YMMV), but it has been difficult to get a modern, portable flamethrower until now. CNET has a brief explanation on the XM42, which doubled its Indiegogo funding target in just a few days.
no, there are different types of flamethrowers with differing fuels, see my other comment.
The Geneva convention only forbids flamethrowers in certain situations, look it up. Two armies roasting each other in a field is perfectly fine by the GC
The U.S. military still has flamethrowers and practices with them
A flamethrower is primarily useful for clearing bunkers.
Squirt a jet of flame through the firing slit on a concrete bunker, and it quickly ceases to be a threat to the guys on the outside.
Like a demolition charge, it's utility is pretty limited, but when the right (or wrong, depending on perspective) situation comes up, there's no substitute....
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
I know from Myth Busters they are not legal in California.
Is anything legal in California these days?
Idiot politicians who waste taxpayers' money are legal in California.
Also, idiots who make frivolous lawsuits against their former employers
appear to be legal.
All in all, it is a good place not to live.