The most used weapons during World War 1 were pistols, rifles, and occasionally flamethrowers and bayonets. The use of flamethrowers quickly declined because of how dangerous and inefficient they were. Since flamethrowers were heavy if carried by a single person, the user was inevitably going to move slowly. Since the majority of battles during World War 1 were fought from trench to trench, having a slow movement speed would undoubtedly increase one’s chances of being shot while crossing to another trench. Because the flamethrower was only effective at closer ranges, users had to get closer to the enemy trench. Combined with this slow motion across what was called “No Man’s Land”, was the fact that flamethrowers required the user to have the gas container that fueled the flamethrower to be carried on the back. Even if the array of bullets that would most likely be flying back and forth across “No Man’s Land”, didn’t hit the flamethrower user, it is more likely that it would hit the gas tank considering it is higher up and thicker than the user’s body, triggering an explosion killing the user and all other soldiers that happen to be around the area of explosion.