纵火作为一种作战手段古已有之。《孙子兵法》“火攻篇”对纵火器材的使用作了精辟的论述,《三国演义》中赤壁之战,周瑜火烧连营大败曹军的故事对纵火的作用作了生动的描述。不过那时的纵火器材无非是木柴、干草、硫磺之类,还算不上什么武器。只是到了近代,特别是本世纪四十年代初,凝固汽 Arson has existed as a means of warfare. “The Art of War,” “Fire Attack” on the use of arson equipment made incisive discourse, “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” in the battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu fire camp defeated Cao story of the role of arson made a vivid description. However, the arsonist at that time was nothing more than firewood, hay, sulfur and the like, but it was still not a weapon. Only in the modern times, especially in the early 1940s, solidified steam