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Old October 27th, 2008, 08:45 AM
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Default Re: Smoke candles

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Originally Posted by thatguy96 View Post
Discharger types were very common for flame tanks as one of the accepted tactics (at least according to Osprey's Flammpanzer book) was to cover targets in flame fuel, without igniting it, and then launch a smoke grenade at it to ignite the entire area.
Hmmmm. Maybe they were used for that purpose rather than for self-protection? Or … perhaps they could be used for either purpose?

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