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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 autumn 1941, a military engineer K. M. Saldadze of the NKVD developed a concentrated mixture BGS (Бензольная Головка + Сольвент or Боевая Горючая Смесь). BGS mixture was introduced in January 1942 into the arms of the Red Army, originally for use in flame throwers, but eventually became widely used to meeting Molotov cocktails. The ignition of flammable mixture of NO. 1, No.. 2, no. 3 and BGS was used the fuse. In the Tula arms factory to initiate ignition cylinder constructed G. A. Korobov mechanical percussion igniter, using the ignition of flammable mixtures Blank cartridge rifle 7.62 mm Mosin or two 7.62 mm pistol ammunition Nail 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 |