Portable Flame Throwers M1 and M1A1: War Department Technical Manual TM 3-375, May 1943

Merriam Press Military Reprint 1. Second Edition (June 2012). This is a complete facsimile reprint of the May 1943 edition of the War Department manual for the Portable Flamethrowers, M1 and M1A1, as prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service. This manual was intended for the using arms and services. It gave all necessary information regarding the construction, functioning, and identification of all standard materiel pertaining to the portable flame thrower, with directions for operating and servicing such materiel. An original copy of this manual was scanned at high resolution and has not been altered for its presentation in this new edition. The quality of the photographs in this printing are the way the photographs appeared in the original edition, which suffered from low quality printing, and was fairly typical in those days due to the war. Despite the quality of the materials, the detailed information presented in this manual is hard to find elsewhere. Indeed, original manuals are difficult to find today. Contents: Description and data; Operation; Filling fuel tanks; Charging pressure cylinder; Charging hydrogen cylinder; Preparing thickened gasoline; Precautions in handling materials; Care and maintenance; Equipment and material; Packing, marking, and shipping; Destruction; Technical employment; 57 photos and drawings.