27 meters. Combat record Flamethrowers were assigned to engineering regiments within each Japanese infantry division. A typical engineering regiment would be equipped with between six and twenty flamethrowers, which were operated by a designated flamethrower company. The Type 100 Flamethrower was primarily used in the early stages of the Pacific War, mostly in the Dutch East Indies, Burma and the Philippines. Type 100-equipped Japanese paratroopers participated in the Battle of Palembang in 1942. There was little need for flamethrowers later in the war since Japan was on the defensive and had few opportunities to attack enemy fortifications. In later stages of the war, the Japanese army attempted to use the Type 100 flamethrower as an anti-tank weapon, largely due to lack of any effective anti-tank guns, and with some success. See also List of flamethrowers References Bishop, Chris (eds) The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. Barnes & Nobel. 1998. External links Taki’s Imperial Japanese Army page U.S. Intelligence Report US Technical Manual E 30-480 video about The Japanese Type 93 and its slightly-improved sister the Type 100 World War II infantry weapons of Japan Flamethrowers Military equipment introduced in the 1930s