a. Arrangement. This manual is published to guide and inform personnel using and maintaining flame thrower, portable, M2-2. [Part One] contains general information; [Part Two] is a guide to operation; [Part Three] gives maintenance procedures. The [Appendix] discusses shipment and storage procedures, and applicable publications.
b. References. [References] are listed in the Appendix. The list includes field manuals, technical manuals, and Army Regulations.
2. RECORDS.
Although no standard maintenance forms and records are furnished, an improvised list should be kept of the number of times each flame thrower has been fired. The list indicates when it is necessary to provide the after-six-missions preventive maintenance and lubrication. It should be tacked or glued to the inside surface of the packing-chest lid and each flame thrower should always be returned to its own chest.
Section II DESCRIPTION AND DATA
3. USES OF FLAME THROWERS.
Flame throwers can: a. Penetrate openings, such as embrasures and gun ports, and fill the fortifications with flame and smoke.
b. Burn, asphyxiate, and blind enemy personnel, causing casualties, shock, panic, and abandonment of a fortified position.
c. Ignite combustible parts of shelters and materiel and start detonation of sensitive ammunition and explosives.