Type 93/Type 100 flamethrower

Type 93 flamethrower
Type 93 flamethrower
TypeFlamethrower
Place of originEmpire of Japan
Service history
In service1933–1945
Used byImperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
WarsSecond Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Production history
Designed1932
Produced1935–1945[1]
No. built5,920[2]
Type 100 flamethrower

The Type 93 and Type 100 flamethrowers (九十三式小火焔発射機/百式火焔発射機, Kyūsan-shiki shō-kaenhasshaki/Hyaku-shiki kaenhasshaki) were flamethrowers used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy's SNLF during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

  1. ^ Ness, Leland. Rikugun: Volume 2 - Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces (p. 40).
  2. ^ Ness, Leland. Rikugun: Volume 2 - Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces (p. 40).