Flamethrower (attachment)

The Flamethrower is an underbarrel attachment for assault rifles, that appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is available for purchase once the player has bought an assault rifle, and costs.

Mechanics
The Flamethrower has a limited amount of fuel (represented by the number 100) in one tank, and after the fuel runs out, it can be reloaded. It carries one spare fuel tank, and if reloaded it substitutes the whole tank, not just the amount needed, discarding any leftover ammo; unlike all other weapons. The Flamethrower can also be reload canceled. It has the range of about a shotgun, and does a large amount of damage per second. Like the grenade launcher attachment, the flamethrower's ammunition cannot be replenished via Scavenger. If the player has Warlord, they can't equip any other attachment if the Flamethrower is equipped.

Tactics
The flamethrower is best used as a complementary close quarters weapon to your main gun. When compared to the Masterkey, it is weaker but more forgiving, making missing a non issue as you can spray back and forth with it. Also, as it is much better than pistols up close, there is little reason to actually use one, freeing up the secondary space for launchers or special weapons like the Crossbow.

Trivia

 * The pilot light activates when the Flamethrower is readied.
 * If the player reloads the Flamethrower before the canister is empty, they will lose whatever fuel was left in the canister.
 * The Flamethrower attachment will give some weapons a heat-shield.
 * The Flamethrower attachment is not available on the Wii.
 * In the campaign, the flamethrower attachment is only found on AK-47s wielded by enemies, suggesting that it is Russian in origin.
 * Even though the granade launcher and shotgun attachment appear in nazi zombies (on pack a punch weapons) the flamethrower does not.
 * The Flamethrower uses the same recticle as the Wunderwaffe DG-2.