Molotov cocktail - it's just kind of liquid incendiary bombs, which are a common type of weapons.He made quite simple, so it is often used in outdoor and guerrilla wars.Many wonder about where came the name "Molotov cocktail".In this article, we reveal the subject you're interested.
Why so called Molotov cocktails?
Liquid bomb got its name from the chairman of the CPC and the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov during the Soviet-Finnish war.Then on one of his radio broadcasts, he explained that they shed on Finland was not a bomb, and food to the starving Finns.Finnish soldiers, in turn, began to call the Soviet liquid bomb "Molotov bread baskets."
After some time, the Finns started to use such weapons against tanks and called it "Molotov cocktail", because they believed that he unleashed this war.Initially, the name got only burning mixture, but soon came to be called so, and bottles filled with flammable liquid.
After some time, the term "Molotov cocktail" cut and received a "Molotov cocktail".In the English-language newspaper this definition are often, but we have until the end of the 1980s, this weapon known as a "Molotov cocktail".That's why the so-called Molotov cocktails.
little bombs of this type
first shells of the type used in the USSR, were 2.25 meters long with a diameter of about 90 cm. Were empennage that provides rotation during the fall.This was done with the next target.The bomb was about 50-60 small Molotov cocktails, which are due to rotation were thrown around, thereby creating unbearable conditions for the enemy battle.
Moreover, extinguish combustible mixture it was almost impossible to do this was to use special equipment (fire extinguishers), which were not always in place fighting.But if the first time used a large bomb, then later they produced a simpler version.It was a Molotov cocktail inside and a wick, which supports burning to hit the target object.
design and composition of Molotov cocktail
There are plenty of recipes, which made an incendiary mix.In most cases, used as the main component of gasoline, because it ignites quickly and well, and put out his problematic.Also often poured kerosene and adding to the oil.
very popular recipe of Che Guevara.For the preparation of cocktails take 3/4 and 1/4 fuel oil.So, until now one can not say something about the Molotov cocktail.Whence the name?Maybe it was invented by Soviet soldiers, and perhaps the Finns, one can only guess.
Soviet forces used a slightly different structure, which consisted of equal parts of gasoline and kerosene and naphtha.Fuse vials made of sulfuric acid.When she broke up and in contact with oxygen and combustible mixture, everything flammable.To make a Molotov cocktail, take a bottle of ordinary glass, it was mixed components, thrust into the wick.The most basic version it was a rag soaked in gasoline.Her podpalivali immediately before the shot.
little more about the application and origin
As noted at the beginning of this article, the name of the war occurred in the Soviet Union with the Finns.But that's not to say that the incendiary mix was invented in those days.She began to use long before that, in the period of the war in Cuba in 1895.Also in the Middle Ages, the Greeks also used something similar in structure and type of action.However, you already know where came the name "Molotov cocktail", but did not come up with this person, it just made it more popular.
Of course, people have different theories.Therefore, there is plenty of speculation as to why the so-called Molotov cocktails, but the most plausible was described in this article.It is worth noting that the name was common in Germany during the Second World War, even though the Germans were the recipe your own.They used ognemёtnoe oil and added to a mixture of benzene and gasoline.
few interesting facts from the history of
Soviet army did not immediately come to the ideal composition of the fuel mixture.By the way, do not know why the so called Molotov cocktails, even when using very different recipes.For example, the use of a gasoline did not give good results, because the liquid after the fire pretty quickly dripped from the goal.Also, if the wick is ignited in advance, with a 80% probability throws perished as its been easy to spot.The first problem was solved by adding small amounts of sludge, about 20 ml to 0.5 liters.Moreover, during the fire created a large amount of smoke that Confuses an enemy, and impairs visibility on the battlefield.
If we talk about why called "Molotov cocktail" that incendiary mixture, not a "cocktail of Che Guevara", then the answer is obvious.The only major battles the man began to use this method.Hence, the name of the Finnish troops soon caught on, and then it went on and still prevalent.With regard to the latest developments in the world, a Molotov cocktail was actively used in Ukraine.
Conclusion As you can see, the story is interesting enough Molotov cocktail.This is the name of many causes horror, since, despite its simplicity, such weapons effectively and, moreover, is very dangerous.Most often it is used against enemy tanks, tossing the mixture directly into the ventilation grilles of the engine.But now it is irrelevant, since this part is well protected from the armored vehicles.Quite often applied incendiary mixture against unarmored vehicles.
Here, perhaps, all that can be said about a Molotov cocktail.Whence came the name, we figured out how to use and do - too.Currently, the United States provided a long prison sentence for the use and carrying with such bombs.
