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- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector length "17068.8".
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector abstract "Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors were large experimental flamethrowers used by the British Army in World War I, named after their inventor, Royal Engineers officer William Howard Livens.Four flamethrowers were deployed in 1916 the Battle of the Somme and one in 1917 in an offensive near Diksmuide, Belgium. Two of the weapons at Somme were destroyed by German shelling before they could be used, but the other two were used at the start of the offensive. Their use may have helped the British in those sectors of the front as British losses there were comparatively low.The weapons were 56 feet (17 m) long, weighed 2.5 long tons (2.5 t), took a carrying party of 300 men to bring them to the front line and assemble them, and were operated by a crew of eight. The Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector was designed to be used from a shallow tunnel dug under no man's land. The weapon consisted of a long chamber containing the fuel, a 14-inch (360 mm) diameter pipe and a nozzle on the surface. The nozzle was hidden in the chamber underground until needed, then pushed upwards through the earth by a pneumatic cylinder. Compressed gas stored in cylinders drove a piston forwards, forcing fuel out of the surface nozzle, to be ignited and directed at the target.The maximum range of the weapon was 30 to 40 m (100 to 130 ft).Historians Peter Barton and Jeremy Banning with archaeologists Tony Pollard and Iain Banks from the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at the University of Glasgow were successful in May 2010 in finding at Mametz the remains of one of the Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors. This project was undertaken for an episode of archaeological television programme Time Team first broadcast on 14 April 2011. A full size, working model of the weapon was constructed to prove its efficacy.".
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- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector origin United_Kingdom.
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- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector type Flamethrower.
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector usedInWar World_War_I.
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- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector wikiPageWikiLink Diksmuide.
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- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector wikiPageWikiLinkText "Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector".
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector designer William_Howard_Livens.
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- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector isRanged "YES".
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector isUk "YES".
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector name "Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector".
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector number "at least 5".
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector origin United_Kingdom.
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector productionDate "1915".
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector service "1916".
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector type Flamethrower.
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector usedBy British_Army.
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector wars First_World_War.
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector wars World_War_I.
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- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector subject Category:Flamethrowers.
- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector subject Category:World_War_I_weapons_of_the_United_Kingdom.
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- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector type Device.
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- Livens_Large_Gallery_Flame_Projector comment "Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors were large experimental flamethrowers used by the British Army in World War I, named after their inventor, Royal Engineers officer William Howard Livens.Four flamethrowers were deployed in 1916 the Battle of the Somme and one in 1917 in an offensive near Diksmuide, Belgium. Two of the weapons at Somme were destroyed by German shelling before they could be used, but the other two were used at the start of the offensive.".
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