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rydiafan posted:(Flamethrowers) Thank God they are banned. Actually, they're not banned. Just fairly obsolete. They're bulky, slow, and very short range. Precision explosives, incendiaries, fuel-air bombs, etc. have pretty much replaced them.  LogisticEarth has a new favorite as of 02:27 on May 21, 2014 |
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May 21, 2014 02:25
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MAD ABOUT LETTUCE
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LogisticEarth posted:Actually, they're not banned. Just fairly obsolete. They're bulky, slow, and very short range. Precision explosives, incendiaries, fuel-air bombs, etc. have pretty much replaced them. Yeah. Flamethrowers are pretty much worthless for anything except jungle. What's up with that gif, btw?
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May 21, 2014 05:53
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If Im not mistaken that's from the Meet the Pyro movie, where it seems that Pyro sees the world as a candyland full of chubby fun friendlies instead of like, real people he's burning alive. Of course TF2 and the Internet being what it is, was basically taken as confirmation of Pyro being a Proud Brony.
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Travis343 posted:If Im not mistaken that's from the Meet the Pyro movie, where it seems that Pyro sees the world as a candyland full of chubby fun friendlies instead of like, real people he's burning alive. Scroll up and then go back to my post. 
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May 21, 2014 05:59
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Peanut President posted:Yeah. Flamethrowers are pretty much worthless for anything except jungle. What's up with that gif, btw? Flamethrowers were great for clearing out pillboxes and trenches. The real things have MUCH better range than what you see in video games, you could arc a stream of fire over cover and into the firing slit of a bunker, splashing it off the walls and into those hard to reach places. Even if you didn't actually hit the soldiers inside, the smoke would make it impossible for them to shoot back and the fire would quickly consume all of the available oxygen, suffocating anyone who tried to stay at their post. Civilian/hollywood/video game flamethrower use volatile, fast burning fuels like kerosene or natural gas to make flashy effects but military flamethrowers used a thicker, slower burning fuel. This stuff could be projected over longer distances, produced more smoke, splashed off of walls and flat surfaces and stuck to human skin a lot better than gasoline. It's basically napalm in a spray can.   Not a gif:  These days they're mostly used for clearing brush and kudzu.    Edit: Edit is not quote Avulsion has a new favorite as of 06:37 on May 21, 2014 |
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Hank Scorpio at the range testing out his flamethrower. 
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May 21, 2014 06:24
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Looked into the Geneva Conventions. Turns out you guys are right; they aren't fully banned. They are, however, banned from use towards, around, or near civilians. This means the standard practice of blasting them blindly into a dark bunker or cave is illegal, because you can't say for sure there aren't innocent women and children down there.
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No it doesn't, because the Geneva Convention doesn't demand every country that is a party to it be impossibly psychic. It bans deploying them in an attack against civilians or on military targets located in civilian centres. If it's a machine gun nest located on the side of a strategic hill that just happens to have refugees in it then you're still allowed to hose it down. If it's a cave that enemy troops have escaped into that is also unknown to you inhabited by cave dwellers then you're still good.
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I can't find a gif, but if you are interested in gigantic flamethrowers there was a Time Team special that recreated one found on the Somme that was  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Y-_zt4Qe8 the whole thing's up on youtube
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PlantRobot posted:I can't find a gif, but if you are interested in gigantic flamethrowers there was a Time Team special that recreated one found on the Somme that was oh my...  
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Ghostlight posted:No it doesn't, because the Geneva Convention doesn't demand every country that is a party to it be impossibly psychic. It bans deploying them in an attack against civilians or on military targets located in civilian centres. If it's a machine gun nest located on the side of a strategic hill that just happens to have refugees in it then you're still allowed to hose it down. If it's a cave that enemy troops have escaped into that is also unknown to you inhabited by cave dwellers then you're still good. They're also almost 100% unregulated for use by civilians in the US!
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theflyingorc posted:They're also almost 100% unregulated for use by civilians in the US! They count as agricultural equipment here.
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Look, if you have kudzu you'll need at least a flamethrower.
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May 21, 2014 15:49
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GenericOverusedName posted:Look, if you have kudzu you'll need at least a flamethrower. Goats with flamethrowers.  I found the best kudzu related gif 
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May 21, 2014 16:47
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Its from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfNiC9iKM0Q JJ is doing a gig where if a fan donates some  they get a chance to win a part in the new Star Wars movie, this guy walks in the back ground.
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May 21, 2014 16:51
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 Optical illusion - only the moving and rightmost static road are identical.
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May 21, 2014 16:52
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Watching Hackers to prepare for Watch Dogs:   
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minato posted:
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Look at the dashed lines in the center, when its on the left it looks pretty close to parallel to the center road, not so much when it moves right.
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peepsalot posted:Ok, where's the illusion? This might help. http://gif-explode.com/?explode=http://i.imgur.com/bIoCeKl.gif
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who is this, and does he actually use the extra strings, or are they there to make him look like a complete wanker?
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May 21, 2014 21:35
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More Hackers:    
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May 21, 2014 21:38
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Inco posted:who is this, and does he actually use the extra strings, or are they there to make him look like a complete wanker?  He's like one of them uppity piano players. Why you gotta have 88 keys if you ain't gonna hit more'n like 12 of em at a time, tops?
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Bombadilillo posted:Look at the dashed lines in the center, when its on the left it looks pretty close to parallel to the center road, not so much when it moves right. doesn't look illusion-y to me either  e:wait this isn't the dance meme thread 
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Bombadilillo posted:Look at the dashed lines in the center, when its on the left it looks pretty close to parallel to the center road, not so much when it moves right. 
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