Flamethrower

About the Flamethrower

There is no defense that reassures against a wall of fire, and that is the whole point. A flamethrower gouts ignited fuel or a plasma stream across a short distance, blanketing an area in flame that clings, spreads, and drives the enemy from cover whether it kills them or not. Clone flame troopers, Imperial incinerator units, and countless fringe operators strapped these tanks on for exactly that terror value, using them to clear bunkers, torch nests, and deny ground. Two hands manage the weapon and its bulky fuel supply, and the wielder trades range and precision for raw area denial, the roaring cone as much a psychological weapon as a physical one. The obvious hazard, of course, is the tank on your back, one lucky shot from turning the operator into a casualty of their own arsenal.