Portable Flame Thrower M2-2United States. War Department
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Portable Flame Thrower M2-2
United States. War Department
Flame throwers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States. Army -- Equipment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
(2) _Ignition cylinder._ Five charges in each cylinder, 8 to 12
seconds per charge.
_c. Weights._
_Pounds_
Portable flame thrower M2-2, empty, in shipping
chest (including the chest and all contents) 110
Portable flame thrower M2-2, empty 43
Portable flame thrower M2-2, filled with fuel 68 to 72
Tank group, empty 35
Tank group, filled with fuel 60 to 64
Gun group 8
_d. Dimensions._
_Inches_
Gun, length 30
Fuel hose, length 37
Tank group, height 27
Tank group, width 20
Tank group, breadth 11
Packing chest 34 x 23 x 19
(Cube of packing chest: 8-1/2 cubic feet)
_e. Capacity of weapon._
Ignition cylinder (M1 or E1) 1 (which includes 5 incendiary
charges)
Fuel 4 gallons plus void for air or
nitrogen
_f. Pressures._
_Pounds per sq. in._
Pressure tank 1,700 to 2,100
Fuel tanks 350
_g. Ratio of expended supplies._ For every 100 complete fillings
of the flame thrower, the following supplies are normally expended:
(1) Nitrogen contained in fifteen 220-cubic-foot cylinders or an
equivalent volume of compressed air. (Eleven cylinders are expended
if the four-place arrangement described in Paragraph 32 is used.)
(2) 450 gallons of fuel (400 gallons plus 50 gallons for spillage,
spoilage, and evaporation).
(3) 100 ignition cylinders.
(4) If thickened fuel is used, 135 pounds (in cans of 5-1/4 pounds
each) of U. S. Army fuel thickener.
Section III TOOLS, PARTS, AND ACCESSORIES
10. ITEMS WITH EACH FLAME THROWER.
The items listed below or their equivalents (Fig 7) are included
in each M2-2 flame-thrower packing chest, in addition to the flame
thrower. Numbers listed with items are Chemical Warfare Service stock
numbers.
_a. Kit, tool, for portable flame thrower M2-2, assembly B81-6-50._
_b. Kit, spare parts, for portable flame thrower M2-2, assembly
B81-6-52._
_c. Cylinder, ignition, portable flame thrower M1._ (6 cylinders, in 3
cans containing 2 each)
_d. Technical Manual 3-376A, “Portable Flame Thrower M2-2._”
_e. Gun mounting board._ (Fig 10)
_f. Plug, coupling, E81-1-514_ (for use in tank coupling when filling
tank group with gun detached).
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