Abwehr-Flammenwerfer 42

[Trond]

Found this flamethrower today, I think its complete with no missing parts. Its purpose was to defend the bunkers, and could be set off with an battery.
If you search on the internet you will see more wartime photos of this weapon.

 

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[allen]

that is a scary looking weapon !!

 

[mamabear]

I didn't know they used those. makes sense tho. Where did you find it? in a building or did you dig it up? Are you going to put it in a museum? unfortunately, I think the title of this post is a little daunting cuz of the forien words if you can post iit with english I think more people would look. Thanks for sharing this with us. great historical find.

 

[nhbenz]

Nice find! From what I found online it seems there is supposed to also have a tube on the back end for the pressure cartridge... am I mistaken?

 

[Trond]

I didn't know they used those. makes sense tho. Where did you find it? in a building or did you dig it up? Are you going to put it in a museum? unfortunately, I think the title of this post is a little daunting cuz of the forien words if you can post iit with english I think more people would look. Thanks for sharing this with us. great historical find.

I found this flamethrower near an german coastal fortress, it was buried in the ground. This weapon is going to be put on display in a local museum.

The title of this thread is the german name of the weapon, and i believe americans like to learn new languages just as we do in other countries. As for me, english is something i learned because i like languages and other cultures. Its not perfect, iknow but if i dont try to learn- i will never have the pleasure to talk to english speaking people all over the world.



I found a pic of this weapon in position.

 

[Trond]

Nice find! From what I found online it seems there is supposed to also have a tube on the back end for the pressure cartridge... am I mistaken?

Yes there is some kind of part missing.. Hmm, and here i believe i have an complete weapon, well i have to go back and look for it.

 

[ivan salis]

ja mine herr -- americans should learn a bit more about foreign langauges --it helps to greatly broaden ones learning abilities -- as a merchant seaman for 27 years travelling abroad 2/3 rds of time (18 years of 27 years) --I found it nessicary to learn at least a bit of many foreign languages annd I learned a couple of them very well due to repeatedly going to their countries.

 

[mamabear]

I agree foriegn languages are beautiful, & I do like listening/learning I suppose I should not compare our members with people I have had experiences with. Our foriegn exchange student this yr is German, & we have had such a blast learning sayings. some of which I cannot repeat. but a lot of the folks here were put off by her using her native tongue. ah well it takes all kinds to make up this big beautiful world

 

[tabking]

When I saw the post I knew it was a WW II German Flame thrower (Flammenwerfer) but was a little confused by the Abwehr part, because all I knew was that the "Abwehr" was the German intelligence agency in WW II. So I did a little checking and found that "abwehr" is German for defense and the Abwehr agency was so named because following WW I Germany was only allowed to have defensive forces.

So Abwehr-Flammenwerfer is a defense flame thrower. I learned something!

By the way, great find and thanks for posting it the way you did.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Das is Goot!

 

[kakcsdad]

your finds are always fascinating Trond. you are lucky to live over there to be able to find this stuff, wwII stuff just fascinates me!!!

hh and look forward to more

 

[TooManyHobbies]

I looked BECAUSE of the title. Very interesting and seems in excellent condition. Thanks.

 

[Roger Mn.]

That's an interesting find and still in position after all these years.

 

[wwwtimmcp]

having a little german language and watching a ton of war movies I knew exactly what it was. thank you so much for sharing your find. the words flamenwerfer were used in force 10 from navarone. my buddies mom and dad emigrated from hungary and have first hand experience with both german and russian weapons. his dad was a very good shot with the browning high power made in belgium. he was a great man in my eyes.

 

[Trond]

Thank you all for your nice replies.

Edit: Found another photo of the flamethrower.

 

[Harry_Morant]

I'm fluent in "Commando" and "Battle" German - these were the war comics of my youth - Achtung Englander, Verboten, Gott im Himmel, Schmeisser, Hande Hoche etc. I learnt a bit in my Army days as well and as a student of military history. I must admit though to be thoroughly disappointed that Major in German is Major - oh the envy for those with impressive sounding German ranks like Obersturmbannfuhrer

 

[STH69]

Very nice!

 

[Aquila]

Great find, congratulations .

 

[Steve_UK]

Tell you what, that would make short work of paint stripping...

 

[woody50]

Nice find, from which war do you think this is? (wwI, ww2......?)