Flamethrower Infantry (Red Alert)
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| Flamethrower Infantry | |
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| Unit | |
| Affiliation | |
| Role |
Support infantry |
| Armament |
Flamethrower |
| Protection |
None |
| Notes | |
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In Great World War II, soviet commanders decided to turn to flame weaponry as an effective means of not only destroying enemy infantry, but also as a means of terrorizing civilian populations. However, with the development of Flak Troopers before the Great World War III Flamethrowers were considered unnecessarily dangerous and Soviet leaders ceased their Flame Trooper training programs.
Soviet Flame Thrower infantry wielded large flame cannons designed as a potent anti-infantry and building arms, albeit with short range. In order to fuel their weapons, Flame thrower infantry hefted massive fuel packs on their backs that sometimes still needed to be re-filled. Flame Throwers were used by the Soviet army. The Flamethrower launched a fireball that ignored infantry between the flamethrower infantry and the target, and created a fiery blast upon impact. It is believed that this type of flamethrower utilized rechargeable high pressure gas chambers to actually launch a blast of flame.
Flamethrower infantry needed to be split up, because if the unit was killed, there was a high probability that the tank full of flammable chemicals would violently explode, damaging and immolating nearby infantry. Thus, Soviet commanders often placed flamethrower infantry behind the front-line infantry, but also spread apart, which was at times difficult because of the weapon's short range.
