Donut Flamethrowers
Mar 6 1918 #OTD At Menil-la-Tour, France, a US official photographer takes this photo, IWM Q 94318, of American soldiers with captured German "donut" flame thrower, the Wechselapparat.
Oct 16 1918 #OTD At a training center near Chaumont, France, a US official photographer takes this photo, IWM Q 60982, of American troops displaying a captured German donut flame thrower, the Wechselapparat.
National Archives Identifier: 55218287 Local Identifier: 111-SC-29489
Mar 14 1920 Photo, Call Number: LC-B2- 4894-1, shows soldiers during the Kapp Putsch with flame throwers in the Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany.
1918 a German photographer takes this photo, IWM Q 45348, of a captured British Mark IV tank (named “Fritz”) being used by the Germans. One of the Germans in trench are wearing a Wechselapparat flamethrower Colourized by Julius Jääskeläinen