thewiseone91

Honestly get one of those smaller portable XM42 flamethrowers. They use gas as a combustible and have a very short controllable range. However, with that being said I wouldn't use a flamethrower in your back yard!

The sound is hard to describe without a specific instance I can't say. It sounds like a roar with liquid fuel. When I use napalm or gelled fuel in it the sound is horrifying. It is truly scary, you knew when one of these was near by and you ran for your life. The sound was also a way to also demoralize the enemy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDZ54cvg0hY

We briefly entertained the idea of reintroducing them for the middle eastern conflict in the early 90s but that idea was quickly shot down. The US currently does not employ portable or vehicle mounted flamethrowers in combat and hasn't done so since Vietnam. I probably wouldn't use a flamethrower on an ant hill. If you're too close and you fire at the ground flames will roll back on you. Then you will get pretty messed up. I would stick with pesticides!

Then you're good to go!

Yes! It gets extremely hot when using them. The bigger portable units such as the WWII M2-2 and Vietnam M9-7 have about 8 seconds of burn. I can only hold on for about 3 seconds per shot due to the heat. It can reach up to 3500 degrees Fahrenheit or 1926 degrees Celsius in about 3 seconds. I personally don't wear protective gear but when I train other operators I generally give them a firefighter coat to protect their arms.