On 8 Jun 2004 04:16:21 -0700, (Jack
Linthicum) wrote:

Flamethrowers need someone on the cold end to run it, IIRC in WWII
this was an aiming point for the Japanese who were being assualted by
them. Napalm is more fluid, ie runs along trench lines, and less
personal, drop it and forget it. If you need a second dose, bring in a
second raid. With those large trench complexes it would seem to be a
weapon without defense.

Vietnam certainly demonstrated napalm could be effectively delivered
in bomb form though I question whether it was available in large
enough quantities to cause grief to miles and miles of trench lines.