Flamethrower, Portable, No 2

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Flamethrower, Portable, No 2
A soldier of the King's Own Scottish Borderers demonstrates the Lifebuoy flamethrower, Denmead, Hampshire, 29 April 1944.
Type	Flamethrower
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
Used by	British Army, Canadian Forces
Wars	Second World War
Production history
Produced	1943–1944
No. built	7,000
Specifications
Mass	64 lb (29 kg)
Action	cordite igniter
Rate of fire	10 igniters only
Maximum firing range	120 ft

The Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 (nicknamed Lifebuoy from the shape of its fuel tank), also known as the Ack Pack, was a British design of flamethrower for infantry use in the Second World War.