The RRAB-3, nicknamed the Molotov bread basket, was a Soviet-made droppable bomb dispenser that combined a large high-explosive charge with a cluster of incendiary bombs. It was used against the citie
A Soviet RRAB-3 "Molotov bread basket" from which bombs were spread.
A Molotov cocktail is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a frangible container filled with flammable substances and equipped with a fuse. It is typically a glass bottle filled with flammabl
Molotov bread basket
…reference to Molotov's propaganda broadcasts. This also led to the improvised incendiary devices used by the Finns against Soviet tanks to be nicknamed Molotov cocktails, as "a drink to go with his food parcels". This description seems to have become common currency among the British public in 1940. During the Bristol…
Vyacheslav Molotov (1945)
Match-style fuses for a Swedish, military grade Molotov cocktail "Brännflaska"
Finnish soldiers in the Winter War. Tanks were destroyed with satchel charges and Molotov cocktails. The bottle has storm matches instead of a rag for a fuse.
A squad of UK Home Guard soldiers training to defend a street with 'Molotov cocktail' petrol bombs (March 1941)