I am not good with history, but did the US soldiers use the flamethrowers on their backs when they were fighting the germans, or was that only against japan.

every movie i have seen that had flamethrowers were when they were fighting the japanese, not the germans.

the reason i ask is the little dio i am going to work on will be the US and the Germans, but one of the soldiers i have has a flamethrower on his back. if they didnt use flamethrowers against the germans, then i am not going to include that one guy

sorry for the dumb question

Hi Mike,There aren't any dumb questions. There were flamethrowers used in the ETO, here is link that may help you http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/pillboxwarfare/. Ihope this helps....Vince

They were more prevalent in the PTO (largely because of Japanese tactics) but they were used in the ETO.

John

thanks guys, i changed my mind on my dio though