diff --git a/css/aa.css b/css/aa.css
index f5819ea1..40d57b15 100755
--- a/css/aa.css
+++ b/css/aa.css
@@ -2974,6 +2974,14 @@ body.is_safari .cornholio .sub-sprite {
   color: #666;
 }
 
+.sprite.flame {
+  /* background-image: url(../image/tank_flame.png); */
+  background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAASCAMAAAANFixgAAAAD1BMVEUAAAC1BwD/xQAAAAD////xz7/wAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAJBJREFUeNplkQsOhDAQQgW5/5k3wnx0S1KtPoYSvT66R3k+GUp/lhcjCEBvy0CS4WRSmtecJIjmsVQVY7NHGK4OAUlJhmMTaJ4EgquatyuO20fkLZIj7xVHSiY8bWs/LR5HUthSptNiPgRB+eKlOSHqTwUwqxKKT4q2re9j2BQT82qw2i4IP3/6dtnp09Ea/gMASwNU7KO2mwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==);
+  background-size: contain;
+  width: 32px;
+  height: 18px;
+}
+
 .sprite.missile-launcher.building {
   margin-top: 18px;
 }
diff --git a/image/tank_flame.png b/image/tank_flame.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..422bd6cb
Binary files /dev/null and b/image/tank_flame.png differ
diff --git a/script/buildings/SuperBunker.js b/script/buildings/SuperBunker.js
index 3f7409d8..f7234d96 100755
--- a/script/buildings/SuperBunker.js
+++ b/script/buildings/SuperBunker.js
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ const SuperBunker = (options = {}) => {
   }
 
   function hit(points, target) {
-    // only tank gunfire counts against super bunkers.
-    if (target && target.data.type === 'gunfire' && target.data?.parentType === TYPES.tank) {
+    // only tank flamethrowers - or, gunfire - counts against super bunkers.
+    if (target && (target.data.type === TYPES.flame || target.data.type === TYPES.gunfire) && target.data.parentType === TYPES.tank) {
       data.energy = Math.max(0, data.energy - points);
       updateFireModulus();
       sprites.updateEnergy(exports);
diff --git a/script/core/Game.js b/script/core/Game.js
index f0a3a42b..cc9f4197 100755
--- a/script/core/Game.js
+++ b/script/core/Game.js
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ const game = (() => {
     ephemeralExplosion: [],
     'end-bunker': [],
     engineer: [],
+    flame: [],
     gunfire: [],
     infantry: [],
     'parachute-infantry': [],
@@ -910,6 +911,7 @@ const game = (() => {
     'end-bunker': EndBunker,
     engineer: Engineer,
     // flyingAce: FlyingAce,
+    flame: Flame,
     gunfire: GunFire,
     helicopter: Helicopter,
     infantry: Infantry,
diff --git a/script/core/global.js b/script/core/global.js
index 78246bac..c2754793 100755
--- a/script/core/global.js
+++ b/script/core/global.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ const bananaMode = 'banana-mode';
 const TYPES = (() => {
 
   // assign 1:1 key / value strings in a DRY fashion
-  const types = 'base, bomb, balloon, bunker, chain, cloud, cornholio, engineer, gunfire, helicopter, infantry, end-bunker, landing-pad, missile-launcher, parachute-infantry, smart-missile, smoke, shrapnel, super-bunker, tank, turret, terrain-item, van';
+  const types = 'base, bomb, balloon, bunker, chain, cloud, cornholio, engineer, flame, gunfire, helicopter, infantry, end-bunker, landing-pad, missile-launcher, parachute-infantry, smart-missile, smoke, shrapnel, super-bunker, tank, turret, terrain-item, van';
   const result = {};
 
   types.split(', ').forEach((type) => {
diff --git a/script/munitions/Flame.js b/script/munitions/Flame.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32348570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/munitions/Flame.js
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import { common } from '../core/common.js';
+import { collisionTest } from '../core/logic.js';
+import { TYPES, getTypes } from '../core/global.js';
+import { sprites } from '../core/sprites.js';
+
+const Flame = (options = {}) => {
+
+    let css, data, dom, collision, exports;
+
+    function die(force) {
+
+      // aieee!
+
+      if (data.dead && !force) return;
+
+      data.dead = true;
+
+      sprites.removeNodesAndUnlink(exports);
+
+      common.onDie(exports);
+
+    }
+
+    function animate() {
+
+      sprites.moveWithScrollOffset(exports);
+
+      if (data.dead) return true;
+
+      if (!data.expired && data.frameCount > data.expireFrameCount) {
+        die();
+      }
+
+      data.frameCount++;
+
+      if (!data.isInert) {
+        collisionTest(collision, exports);
+      }
+
+      // notify caller if now dead and can be removed.
+      return (data.dead && !dom.o);
+
+    }
+
+    function initDOM() {
+
+      dom.o = sprites.create({
+        className: css.className
+      });
+      
+    }
+  
+    function initFlame() {
+
+      initDOM();
+
+      sprites.setTransformXY(exports, dom.o, `${data.x}px`, `${data.y}px`, data.extraTransforms);
+
+    }
+
+    css = common.inheritCSS({
+      className: 'flame'
+    });
+
+    data = common.inheritData({
+      type: 'flame',
+      parent: options.parent || null,
+      parentType: options.parentType || null,
+      isEnemy: options.isEnemy,
+      frameCount: 0,
+      extraTransforms: (options.isEnemy ? 'scaleX(-1)' : ''),
+      expireFrameCount: options.expireFrameCount || 2,
+      width: 32,
+      height: 18,
+      damagePoints: options.damagePoints || 1,
+      target: null,
+    }, options);
+
+    // offset left 100% if parent tank is an enemy, so we line up with the tank
+    if (options.isEnemy) {
+      data.x -= data.width;
+    }
+
+    dom = {
+      o: null
+    };
+
+    exports = {
+      animate,
+      data,
+      dom,
+      die,
+      init: initFlame
+    };
+
+    collision = {
+      options: {
+        source: exports,
+        targets: undefined,
+        hit(target) {
+          if (data.damagePoints) {
+            // hit once, then remain until the object animation has completed.
+            common.hit(target, data.damagePoints, exports);
+            // nullify this object unless infantry / engineers, so we don't hit e.g., a super-bunker repeatedly.
+            if (target.data.type !== TYPES.infantry) {
+              data.damagePoints = 0;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      // if unspecified, use default list of items which flames can hit.
+      items: options.collisionItems || getTypes('infantry, parachuteInfantry, engineer, helicopter, endBunker, superBunker, turret', { exports })
+    };
+
+    return exports;
+
+  };
+
+  export { Flame }
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