# Flamethrowers are loud?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flamethrowers-are-loud/20468>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [June 20, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flamethrowers-are-loud/20468 "2019-06-20T21:34:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayThirtySeven](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jaythirtyseven/32/2318_2.png) [@JayThirtySeven](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JayThirtySeven)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flamethrowers-are-loud/20468/1 "2019-06-20T21:34:27Z")

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Just today, playing version 0.D-4736-g0f5bd17047 I took out a burner zombie (or whatever they’re called) and took his flamethrower. When I fire the flamethrower, it is apparently loud enough to make my ears ring. Is this a bug, or are real military flamethrowers much louder than I’m imagining?

I also don’t remember this happening in older versions, but can’t recall for sure whether I had hearing protection last time I used a flamethrower.

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**Author:** ![DemAvalon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/demavalon/32/1332_2.png) [@DemAvalon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DemAvalon)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flamethrowers-are-loud/20468/2 "2019-06-20T21:39:28Z")

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I think its a bug [this doesn’t sound that loud.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPQYK5ZMbWY) the flamethrower in-game is different but it’s not like it is causing a mini explosion as a normal gun does.

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**Author:** ![JayThirtySeven](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jaythirtyseven/32/2318_2.png) [@JayThirtySeven](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JayThirtySeven)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flamethrowers-are-loud/20468/3 "2019-06-20T21:52:46Z")

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Yeah that’s exactly the kind of thing I was imagining, which is why I was confused.