Reply With QuoteI've seen that stance with MG3s, but I would never want to be the guy who has a flame thrower muzzle on his shoulder.
Epic footage: Chinese soldiers called in to battle wasps with flamethrower
Epic winning.
http://youtu.be/E3sW3HHjdb4
I've seen that stance with MG3s, but I would never want to be the guy who has a flame thrower muzzle on his shoulder.
- That was a pretty direct hit !
- I like wasps, they are awesome insects. But in large numbers, and too close to people, they can be a serious problem.
Originally Posted by armored_diplomacy
Agreed. I do not disturb wasp nests along my roof eaves, and they do not bother me. I only kill them if they place their nests in unacceptable locations. They are useful predators.
Yellow jackets, on the other hand, are extremely aggressive and their nests have to be destroyed if they are found anywhere on my property.
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I've only been stung by one thing in my life and that was a yellow jacket after I kept them trapped in their hole for a bit. Wasps don't bother me even with a nest nearby in the shed while working on something.
One thing that is important to understand about wasps, including yellow jackets (which are a species of wasp).... When you swat and crush any wasp, it releases a pheromone that will immediately attract any other wasps in the area and trigger an attack. If you swat a wasp and have its juices on your clothing or skin, you are risking getting swarmed. Leave the area where there are crushed wasp parts on the ground. Go inside and clean it off immediately. Remove and wash clothing. Wash skin, then wipe it with a paper towel soaked with rubbing alcohol to make sure you have eliminated all the pheromone.
Had no idea. I learn something new everyday. Thank you. I guess that explains why I was stung as a kid. Figured it was funny stomping on them then holding my foot over the hole they were going in and out of. Only if i would have known this bit of info years ago.
Can someone clear up why they are in such an awkward looking position before shooting the flame thrower up into the trees? Would he have been knocked down?
I once had a head on collision with a wasp while jogging.
Fortunately the Wasp was as scared as me and minded its own business.
And I got the hell out of there as fast as I could
This is a stance still taught in the german army for shooting machine guns at high angles or when there's nothing to rest the bipod on.
I've never seen it done with flame throwers though, and as I said I don't envy the guy.
That is so cool, I want a flame thrower like that. My war with yellow jackets is in it's 50th year.
I find if you want to stop a wasp that is flying, tennis rackets work perfectly to bring them down... Rarely do they ever make it through the gaps and if they want to bring their friends afterwards with their dying pheromones then just means more meat for the grinder!
That was epic, well done
We always have huge wasp nest in the attick, somehow they always find a way in, the only real damage they do is that tey are constantly eating of the wooden panels on our house.
Well effective. Probably not ideal for your standard pest control job but fun.
When I was in East Timor we had swarms of Hornets that would fly over our FOB daily in a big F off cloud, quite often they'd mis judge their height and fly "Through" our main sanger. Probably the only time the sentry wouldn't get grief for abandoning his post. They actually attacked and killed a horse up the road from the FOB, must've stumbled into the swarm
That was highly entertaining. Not to mention much more effective than my usual method of bombing the entrance with wasp dust and then running awy squealing like a little girl...
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