Along with the Pulse Rifle this is perhaps the most recognisable and sought after of the entire Aliens armoury. Used throughout the movie by the Colonial Marines and predominantly by Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley character in the films exciting climax. Flame thrower units strike a particular chord with many fans of the Aliens movies due to the heritage of a similar weapon being the sole defence against the original creature in Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece, Alien.

There were a number of different versions of this weapon made for filming, each used for particular requirements on set. Unlike the rest of the film’s arsenal, this weapon is more of a custom fabricated prop and is not based on any existent military hardware. The source for the flame unit is actually two M16’s moulded and spliced together, the handle and receiver section clearly evident to the centre. The front section is a 203 grenade launcher frame painted green (the same colour as most of the film’s weapons). This particular prop had a functioning small blue pilot flame which was powered by a gas canister inside the main housing.