Naft (Naphtha Incendiary Weapons) glyph Naft was the naphtha-based incendiary weapon of medieval Muslim armies, distinct from Byzantine Greek fire though built on the same petroleum chemistry. Specialist troops called naffatun, protected by thick fireproof suits, threw small copper vessels of burning naphtha onto enemy troops, siege engines and fortifications, a capability the Ayyubid and later Mamluk armies used heavily in siege warfare against the Crusader states. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassIncendiary weapon (naphtha-based) 1 Introduced Year Classification
Service Status Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Flamethrower / Incendiary Weapon 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Greek fire
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1. Wikipedia: Greek fire
WikipediaLead section
Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries.
- Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
- Weapon class (siege-engine) is a pre-industrial/melee weapon type by its own nature per the entity's own sourced description text; not carried in current active military service.
- Correction: a naphtha-based incendiary weapon, not a siege engine itself.
Infobox: design_date
672
- Operated By: Byzantine Army, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Byzantine Empire'
In Group: Medieval Incendiary and Early Gunpowder Weapons, Lead sentence
Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries.
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