Flamethrower Infantry (Tiberian Dawn)

	For other uses, see Flamethrower infantry.

Flamethrower Infantry
Unit
Internal ID	E4
Faction	Brotherhood of Nod
Role	Close support infantry
Armament	Flamethrower
Tier	1
Tech level	1
Properties
Hit points	70
Production
Cost	$200
Build time	0:13
Produced by	Hand of Nod
Combat
Ground attack	35 (fire)
Cooldown	50
Speed	10
Attack range	2
Sight range	1

Flamethrower infantry are good close-range units and sport fire-retardant suits. However, they are useless at long distances and their fuel tanks are susceptible to explosions from projectiles.

Background

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Effective for maximum close-range destruction. Produces fire which burns more slowly than normal, allowing more effective elimination of humans and armament. Be careful when using these troops in groups—if one unit gets in front of another, chances are that the unit in front will catch some of the damage from the back unit. Spread them out. - Tiberian Dawn manual(src)

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Infantrymen armed with flamethrowers were used by the Brotherhood of Nod in the First Tiberium War. The flamethrower model used by the Brotherhood fired a liquid spray that burnt infantry in front of them. This model was also specifically designed to burn slower than normal flames. Eventually, Nod forces came to a conclusion that this added spray chamber system was too unreliable and complicated, and instead used a regular spray type flamethrower, albeit with a wide angle nozzle. For the Brotherhood of Nod, it was important that Flamethrowers be split apart - because they could not launch a fireball, any infantry nearby would take flame damage - even friendly units.

As with other infantry, flamethrowers were vulnerable to anti-infantry weaponry such as mines, explosives, machine gun fire, napalm, and nuclear explosives. However, the short range of the flamethrower meant that they would be exposed to this fire while attempting to reach a target.

Legacy

These infantry squads were recalled and decommissioned after the First Tiberium War, with the Brotherhood choosing to only use vehicle mounted flame weapons during the Second Tiberium War. During the Third Tiberium War, with the development of more powerful and efficient fuels, infantry-scale flamethrowers were again used, this time by the Black Hand elite troopers.

Game unit

The Flamethrower infantry is useful on dealing with large numbers of enemy infantry and burning down tough buildings but should never be used against vehicles and anything with anti infantry weapons.

Gallery

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  Photographic image from DOS manual

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  Photographic image from PDF manual

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  Cinematic render

Cameos

DOS	English	Textless

See also

• Grenadier, GDI counterpart
• Black Hand, the successor of the flamethrower infantry during the Third Tiberium War.
• Soviet flamethrower infantry, the soviet predecessor of the Nod flamethrower infantry during the Second World War.
• Flamethrower infantry, Renegade variant