The Uselesness of Flamethrowers

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Well they had a use for making you laugh in Timesplitters when you would light Snowman on fire and he would run around screaming "I'm melting!"

 

[Mr.Petey]

They were designed as a weapon that demoralizes the enemy.

That pretty much explains it right there! The sight, sound and burnt stench of flesh from a flame-thrower going off will incite a level of fear that surpasses any gunfire, which I'm guessing is background noise in any battlefield that can eventually be tuned out with enough discipline and experience.

But seeing that "thing" letting rip with it's flammable liquid which'll burn and stick to ANYTHING, because unlike what most games portray a flame-thrower as a "fiery gas", they're actually ignited flammable fluids with the tenacity to cling to whatever it's cooking.

Basically if that doesn't scare the average G.I Joe, then he isn't human I guess heh

 

[Dys]

Other than effectiveness, they are pretty fucking scary. A weapon that insites fear and promises a horrible, painful death is more effective than one that offers a quick and painless death. Wars aren't only fought with guns and bombs.

 

[Thirsk]

What the flamethrower lacks in effeciency, it makes up with SHEER AWESOMENESS!

 

[Nailz]

OP it's great for killing hippies and treehuggers!
Everything about hippies screams "flamethrower me Please!"

 

[jamesworkshop]

Flamethrower isn't useless my starter fire pokemon use it all the time