M7057 flamethrower: Difference between revisions

|length={{Convert|167.6|cm|in}}<ref name="vis"/>

|weight=Empty: 45 kg (101 lbs)<ref name="bnet"/> <br>

Loaded: 55.5 kg(122.5 lbs)<ref name="bnet"/>

| ammotype= Pyrosene-V<ref name="vis"/><ref name="bnet"/>

| rate=Continuous fire (3 second burst); Semi-automatic<ref name="vis"/>

*13.4 meters (44 feet)<ref name="vis"/>

The '''M7057/Defoliant Projector''',<ref name="bnet"/><ref name="PCManual">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|''Halo: Combat Evolved'' for PC]]''' - ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Manual|manual]] - p.13''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 311''</ref> more commonly known as the '''M7057 flamethrower''', is an [[incendiary weapon]] used primarily against battlefield fortifications, protected emplacements and installations, and for demoralisation purposes. It is a variation of the [[NA4 flamethrower|NA4/Defoliant Projector]].<ref name="vis"/>

The M7057 flamethrower is a standard chemical flamethrower, which projects and ignites a stream of a volatile, semi-liquid adhesive<ref name="PCManual"/> known as Pyrosene-V. Like the M6634, the M7057 flamethrower is cumbersome and relatively difficult to tactically use (psychologically as well as mechanically).<ref name="bnet"/> In its role as a ''defoliant projector'', it is designed to be used to rapidly clear away heavy foliage for in-theater construction projects and to destroy new or persistent growth from emplaced and/or hardened military assets. Despite being all but obsolete militarily its effectiveness as a psychological weapon is undeniable—unfortunately, the psychological effect is a double-edged sword.<ref name="bnet"/> The psychological impact of employing an M7057 makes it one in a very small number of items available to UNSC personnel that remotely earmarks the user for a full battery of psychological tests.<ref name="bnet"/> Due to the weapon's massive size and weight, it is usually deployed with a cart on which to transport it.<ref name="bnet"/> Despite this, however, UNSC [[Hellbringers]] have been known to employ the M7057 seemingly unassisted and without issue.<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref> In [[2553]], [[Hala]] was able to use an M7057 unassisted to torch a [[Sahara-class heavy prowler|''Sahara''-class heavy prowler]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'''</ref> During the [[Second Ark Conflict]], two M7057s were fitted onto a specialised [[HRUNTING Mark III Cyclops|Cyclops]] employed by Lt. Colonel [[Morgan Kinsano]] as heavy weapons.<ref name="HW2"/>

The weapon was one of many featured in [[Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present]].<ref name="bnet"/>