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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 improved ROKS-3.

The fuel and gas tanks (capacity: 9 litres (2.4 US gal)) of ROKS flamethrowers were concealed in a metal casting, resembling an ordinary soldier knapsack, and the flame projector resembled a standard Mosin Nagant Rifle, so the operator of the flamethrower generally looked the same as other soldiers until the weapon fires. The fuel was propelled by pressurized nitrogen gas and ignited by firing specially modified 7.62x25mm TT cartridges: this was a necessity as gas torch-ignited flamethrowers perform poorly in extremely cold conditions. The effective firing range was 25 m (27.3 yards), and maximum around 45 m (50 yards).

Outside of USSR, ROKS flamethrowers were issued by Finnish army (as Liekinheitin M/41-r) and in post-WW2 era by North Korea. They were replaced in Soviet service by the LPO-50 flamethrower in the 1950s.

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ROKS-2 flamethrower

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ROKS-3 flamethrower

Specifications

(1941 - 1950s)

Type: Flamethrower

Weight: 50 lbs (22.7 kg)

Feed System: One 2.4 gallon tank

Fire Modes: Stream

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
Trackman (Putevoy Obkhodchik)	Dmitriy Orlov	Grom	Mockup	2007
A Woman in Berlin		A Soviet soldier	Mockup	2008

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
Stranger Things	David Harbour	Jim Hopper	"Chapter Nine: The Piggyback" (S4E09)	2022
Stranger Things	Brett Gelman	Murray Bauman	"Chapter Nine: The Piggyback" (S4E09)	2022

Video Game

Title	Notation	Release Date
Company of Heroes 2	ROKS-3	2013
Heroes & Generals	ROKS-3 flamethrowers	2016
Enlisted	ROKS-2 flamethrowers	2021
Enlisted	ROKS-3 flamethrowers	2021
Men of War	ROKS-3 flamethrowers (Cold War Expansion only)	2019
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront	ROKS-2 flamethrowers	2021

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-[[Image:roks3.jpg|thumb|right|400px|ROKS-3 flamethrower]]
-'''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.
+'''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 improved 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).
+The fuel and gas tanks (capacity: 9 litres (2.4 US gal)) of ROKS flamethrowers were concealed in a metal casting, resembling an ordinary soldier knapsack, and the flame projector resembled a standard [[Mosin Nagant Rifle]], so the operator of the flamethrower generally looked the same as other soldiers until the weapon fires. The fuel was propelled by pressurized nitrogen gas and ignited by firing specially modified 7.62x25mm TT cartridges: this was a necessity as gas torch-ignited flamethrowers perform poorly in extremely cold conditions. 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.
+Outside of USSR, ROKS flamethrowers were issued by Finnish army (as Liekinheitin M/41-r) and in post-WW2 era by North Korea. They were replaced in Soviet service by the [[LPO-50 flamethrower]] in the 1950s.
-== Film ==
+[[File:ROKS-2 flamethrower.jpg|thumb|right|400px|ROKS-2 flamethrower]]
+[[File:roks3.jpg|thumb|right|400px|ROKS-3 flamethrower]]
+==Specifications==
+(1941 - 1950s)
+* '''Type:''' Flamethrower
+* '''Weight:''' {{convert|lbs|50}}
+* '''Feed System:''' One 2.4 gallon tank
+* '''Fire Modes:''' Stream
+===Film===
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+===Television===
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+|-
+| ''[[Stranger Things - Season 4|Stranger Things]]''||[[Brett Gelman]]||Murray Bauman||"Chapter Nine: The Piggyback" (S4E09)||2022
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+| ''[[Company of Heroes 2]]'' ||  ||  || ROKS-3 || 2013
+|-
+| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || || || ROKS-3 flamethrowers || 2016
+|-
+| rowspan=2|''[[Enlisted]]'' || || || ROKS-2 flamethrowers|| rowspan=2| 2021
+|-
+|||||ROKS-3 flamethrowers
+|-
+| ''[[Men of War]]'' || || || ROKS-3 flamethrowers (Cold War Expansion only) || 2019
+|-
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-| ''[[Company of Heroes 2]]'' ||  ||  ||  || 2013
+| ''[[Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront]]'' || || || ROKS-2 flamethrowers || 2021
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