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ROKS flamethrowers
ROKS (Rantseviy Ognemyot Klyueva-Sergeeva, literally "Knapsack Flamethrower by Klyuev and Sergeev") is a series of Soviet man-portable flamethrowers. The first model, ROKS-1, was designed in early 1930s but wasn't put into service. The second version ROKS-2 was issued in mid-1930s and used by Soviet Army in Winter War and WW2. In 1942 it was replaced with the imroved version ROKS-3.
Fuel and gas tanks of ROKS flamethrowers were concealed in a metal casting, resembling ordinary soldier knapsack, and the flame projector resembled a standard Mosin Nagant Rifle, so the operator of the flamethrower generally looked just as other soldiers. until he used his weapon. The fuel (9 litres (2.4 US gal)) was propelled by pressurized nitrogen gas and ignited by firing specially modified 7.62x25mm TT cartridges. The effective firing range was 25 m (27.3 yards), and maximum around 45 m (50 yards).
Except USSR, ROKS flamethrowers were issued by Finnish army (as Liekinheitin M/41-r) and in post-WW2 era by North Korea.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) | A Soviet soldier | Mockup | 1981 | |
| Trackman (Putevoy Obkhodchik) | Aleksey Dmitriev | Trackman | Mockup | 2007 |
| Dmitriy Orlov | Grom | |||
| A Woman in Berlin | A Soviet soldier | Mockup | 2008 |
Video Game
| Title | Appear As | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company of Heroes 2 | ROKS-3 | 2013 |