https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2017-10-12 18:09:37 UTC 2017-10-13 20:04:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 20tra01 https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196578268 Greek Fire is a weapon used by the Eastern Roman Empire and was created in c. 672. it made boats burn as it was still floating. it was made of pine resin, naphtha, quicklime, and calcium. The employment of incendiary materials in war is of ancient origin; many writers of antiquity refer to flaming arrows, fire pots, and such substances as pitch, naphtha, sulfur, and charcoal. Greek fire launched from tubes mounted on the prows of Greek ships wrought havoc on the Arab fleet attacking Constantinople in 673. Its deadliness in combat, especially at sea, has been cited as a prime reason for the long survival of the Byzantine Empire in the face of many enemies. ]]> 2017-10-12 18:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196578268 20tra01 https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196579628 2017-10-12 18:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196579628 20tra01 https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196637606 2017-10-12 20:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196637606 20tra01 https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196637872 2017-10-12 20:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196637872 20tra01 https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196637944 2017-10-12 20:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196637944 20tra01 https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196931928 The flamethrower brought terror to French and British soldiers when used by the German army in the early phases of the First World War in 1914 and 1915 (and which was quickly adopted by both) was by no means a particularly innovative weapon. The basic idea of a flamethrower is to spread fire by launching burning fuel.  The earliest flamethrowers date as far back as the 5th century B.C. The German army tested two models of flamethrower - or Flamethrower in German - in the early 1900s, one large and one small, both developed by Richard Fiedler. Having tested the Flammenwerfer in 1900 the German army deployed it for use in three specialist battalions from 1911 on wards. Similarly the French developed their own portable one-man Schilt flamethrower, of a superior build to the German model.  It was used in trench attacks during 1917-18.  The Germans produced a lightweight modified version of their Flammenwerfer, the Wex, in 1917, which had the benefit of self-igniting.]]> 2017-10-13 18:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196931928 20tra01 https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196961205 2017-10-13 19:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196961205 20tra01 https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196963229 2017-10-13 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196963229 20tra01 https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196963427 The U.S. Department of Defense decided in 1978 to stop using flamethrowers. They have been removed from the U.S. weapons arsenal and are not currently used by American soldiers. Prior to dropping flamethrowers, the weapon had been widely used by U.S. soldiers in both World Wars, Korea, and the Vietnam conflict. Typically, military flamethrowers project a stream of flammable liquid and allow soldiers to control a stream of fire. The weapon was widely used during the Battle of the Pacific in World War Two – mostly to destroy Japanese bunkers and camps on Pacific islands. Fire has been used as a weapon since ancient times. However, modern flamethrowers have uses beyond military applications. Flamethrowers are frequently used on farms, sugar cane plantations, and elsewhere to conduct controlled burnings of vegetation and land. In the U.S., the civilian use of flamethrowers is banned in some states such as California. There is currently no federal law banning flamethrowers in the U.S.]]> 2017-10-13 20:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/20tra01/6vkeopqosf1f/wish/196963427