Editing M2 flamethrower (section)

===Second World War===
The M2 flamethrower saw combat use in the [[Pacific War|Pacific theater]], being deployed to combat strongly fortified and entrenched Japanese positions. Following the success with the M1 flamethrower, the M2 was developed and put into combat use in 1943. Towards the end of the conflict, later models of the M2 were equipped with the fuel-thickening agent known as [[napalm]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Van Wyck |first1=David |title=Beyond the burn: Studies on the physiological effects of flamethrowers during World War II |journal=Military Medical Research |date=2020 |volume=7 |issue=1 |page=8 |doi=10.1186/s40779-020-00237-9 |pmid=32102691 |pmc=7045602 |doi-access=free }}</ref>