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Hi guys

I'm Patrick Mondria and I do some sculpting work for Retrokit.
Now I have being ask to sculpt a couple of Germans with a flamethrower. What type of flamethrower was more used the cylinder type (same as the m.16?) or the round type. One early war other late? Used at the same time.

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Patrick

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Hello, Patrick.

This project sounds like good news.

As I understand it, the Grossflammenwerfer and Kleinflammenwerfer were the earlier types, the latter being the two-man, cylinder type as shown in the HaT Heavy Weapons set. The Gfw was a static affair with a large crew.

The donut-shaped device was the Wex, and seems to have come into service in 1917. (The one in the Airfix set didn't exist) There are some pics here, and it's claimed that it wasn't a one-man item, although it looks compact enough to have been.

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=113180

Can't find any evidence of numbers so far, but am investigating.

Hope this helps.

J

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thanks James now with some names google will be a bigger help will take a few weeks to sculpt it

patrick

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You're very welcome. This pic might help.
 
And this link: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=72652

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thanks James
I found that pictures also.
The easy sculpting is done (the bodies) next up the WEX.
Patrick

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This all sounds very interesting. Keep us informed!

-- Edited by James H at 13:04, 2009-02-08

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