Molotov cocktail

Molotov cocktail is a improvised explosive device or incendiary weapon.

Also recorded as petrol bomb; fire bomb; poor man's grenade; Molotov cocktails; cocktail for Molotov.

Overview

It is associated with Finland. Catalogue entries for arms and armour state maker, marks, mechanism and, where relevant, licensing. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

incendiary weapon using flammable liquid in a bottle

Sources

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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Molotov cocktail”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q167096: Molotov cocktail
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