Yes. I think the flamethrower may be a Chinese Type 74 – which is a direct copy of the Russian LPO-50. I don’t know when NORINCO in China started to manufacture the weapon. It may be that the Chinese started to make the Type 74 when they were still on good terms with the Soviets – a few years before 1979.
When I googled ‘flamethrower’ and the ‘Sino-Vietnamese War’ I got this forum thread:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtop...95244&start=60
The post at the bottom mentions a photo in a book showing a flamethrower being used by the PLA during the war.
Edit: I wonder why the Chinese flamethrower is called the Type 74? 1974 perhaps?
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