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No 3 Incendiary Bottle
The Red Army has incorporated into its arsenal "Molotov cocktails" after the experience of conflict with the Japanese, Poles in 1939 and especially the Finns in the Winter War. Stavka (Headquarters) in 1941 issued a special orders for the for the Ministry of food industry to implement without delay the production of anti-tank incendiary shells in glass bottles ordinary type. The armament of the Red Army is deployed incendiary bottle 1) is spontaneously flammable liquid KS and 2) offering a mixture of No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3. Spontaneously flammable mixture KS developed in early August 1941 by N. V. Koshkin and his collaborators A. Kachurin and I. Solodovnik. Was produced in special factory NIUF in Saratov. The combustible mixture. No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 developed even before the war in Saratov as mixtures based on a base of concentrated waste gasoline were originally designed for use in the flamethrower. In the Tula arms factory was constructed by G. A. Korobov the mechanical percussion igniter, which use for the ignition of the combustible mixture rifle cartridge 7.62 mm Mosin or two pistol rounds 7.62 mm TT. These anti-tank incendiary devices left in its arsenal, even long after World War II.
The Incendiary Bottle can be seen in the following:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dnieper Line: Love and War | Soviet soldiers | No.3 Model | 2009 |