Wish I could’ve watched those tests Gunner! Agree that thermobaric/fuel air explosive weapons are the coolest thing this side of nukes - but I still think the flamethrower’s superb in urban combat. I think I mentioned that we used to use the flame to screen street/fire lane crossings. The other plus to the flamethrower was that it didn’t totally demolish structures - it just eliminated enemy firing positions and terrified the opposition.
I’m a bit old school, I guess...
Semper Fi
Chainmail
Chainmail, the cool thing about Thermobaric is they don’t do a lot of collateral damage and they don’t set the whole block of building on fire. The heat is instantaneous and they can be fired at 350 meters from the target.
The M2A2 only had a range of about 20-40 meters and the flame only lasted for less than 30 seconds. Getting within range to use the weapon killed it, coupled with the bursting hazards of the fuel on your back.
Semper Fi Brother!