It's useless to hit the tank with Molotov cocktail? After hearing this, the tank was crying

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Due to the emergence of tanks, the rules of human war have undergone earth-shaking changes, which gave birth to a large number of anti-tank weapons. Its styles are endless. For example, the tank itself is an effective anti-tank method. In the Battle of Kursk, Nazi Germany and the Soviet army launched an unprecedented tank battle in human history; the individual anti-tank missile is a kind of More flexible and difficult-to-defend anti-tank methods. Today the US "Tao" anti-tank missile, Russia's "Cornet" anti-tank missile, and China's "Red Arrow" anti-tank missile are all anti-tank weapons that make opposing tanks fearful. ; On the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, there are even more troublesome RPG-7 rocket launchers for the American M1A1/A2 tanks; the most shabby anti-tank weapons include the PTRS and PTRD anti-tank rifles equipped by the Soviet Army in World War II. They are designed to kill The Nazi tanker hiding in the tank, or a shot through the engine, paralyzed its mobility.

To say the most shabby, I am afraid it is the Molotov cocktail, this kind of non-standard weapon, some of our game players may pass in "Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3" Soviet mobilizers have experienced its charm and are mainly used for anti-tank in the game. Although there is no tank in the PUBG game, the Molotov cocktail can effectively kill the vehicle and the players inside.

In many war movies, it is easy to see soldiers using Molotov cocktails to fight tanks. So is Molotov cocktails useful?

In reality, Molotov cocktails can be made from local materials, such as beverage bottles and wine bottles that soldiers have drunk, at very low cost. Especially when the Allies faced the Nazi invasion in the early days of World War II, Molotov cocktails became very popular because they could not supply sufficient munitions.

Let’s take the British army as an example. They duly named a Molotov cocktail "Type 76 Special Incendiary Bomb" with a capacity of 1 pint (equivalent to 568 ml). For thickener gasoline, the "fuze" is water-resistant white phosphorus. Once the Type 76 special incendiary bomb smashes into the tank, the gasoline will be ignited when the white phosphorus collides with the tank. The internal thickener will make the gasoline stick to the tank and continue to burn.

The Soviet army also adopted a similar design in World War II, except that high-temperature admixtures, namely KS and BGS combustion fluids, are incorporated into the thickener, which can generate temperature Flames up to 1000 degrees Celsius have extremely strong viscosity, which can burn on the tank for more than 30 minutes and are difficult to extinguish. These Molotov cocktails look suggestive, but they are actually full of technical content.

Tanks in World War II were very afraid of Molotov cocktail, a simple anti-tank weapon. For example, tanks are equipped with many equipment and joint constructions that are afraid of high temperatures. World War II tanks mainly use torsion bar suspension and Christie suspension. Their common name is elastic suspension. The characteristic is that if they continue to work in a high temperature environment, the elasticity will no longer cause If the suspension is damaged, the track will also be damaged. So this part is most afraid of Molotov cocktails.

The engine exhaust port exposed to the outside also gave the combustion bottle a chance. Once the flame of the combustion bottle splashes on the exhaust port of the engine, it will affect the heat dissipation of the engine, and then induce the engine to malfunction, and the tank will be paralyzed in place. The dense smoke caused by its combustion will turn into exhaust gas and spread to the engine's air intake, eventually causing a shutdown. In this way, the tank becomes a living target on the battlefield. If the Molotov cocktail has a chance to be thrown into the cab or turret, apart from being burned to death, the internal fuel and ammunition will also ignite and even explode.

Therefore, the role of the Molotov cocktail is beyond doubt. Relevant departments of the Soviet Union had specially made statistics on the Great Patriotic War. Among them, the enemy had 2429 tanks, armored vehicles, tracked artillery, and nearly 740 military vehicles were destroyed by Molotov cocktails. At the same time, Molotov cocktails also destroyed nearly 1190 enemy bunkers, nearly 2550 other fortifications and 65 military warehouses.