BTW, the high-end "Super Soakers" can be filled with a napalm solution and work real fine out to a distance of about 50 feet. Operator must adjust the mixture of the napalm to a thinner consistence than that used normally, more liquid-like. Thicker mix is used for making stationary "Fou'gasse" dispensers -- 5 gallon plastic or metal bucket,, 1/2 oz of C4 in bottom, filled with heavy napalm mix, top of bucket left on loosely, then bucket is buried at an angle in the ground. Wired or remote detonation will cover an area of about 250 feet.
I think "more liquid-like" napalm is called gasoline.
It can be gasoline but to make any kind of napalm there must be a thickening agent added. Straight gasoline would be a disaster for the person using the super soaker, as the falme would chase right back up the barrel and melt the soaker engulfing the shooter. Besides, a thickening agent is necessary to make the burning fluid stick to skin and clothes and incinerate the target. Gasoline just dissipates into the air once it is ignited in a stream. I saw this happen in Vietnam when one of the M48 "Zippo Tanks" (M48 with flame thrower insert in the 90mm barrel) didn't have the correct mix. The crew never had a chance to escape. Lots of recipes on the Internet.
Right. Thickening it makes it napalm. "Liquid" napalm is gasoline. If it isn't a gel, it isn't napalm. (I'm enough of a purist to want naphtha and palm oil, but I'll admit there are more effective thickened accelerants.)
That's not how it works, that's not how any of this works...
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