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A Molotov cocktail (among several other names – see § Etymology) is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a frangible container filled with flammable substances and equipped with a fuse (typically a glass bottle filled with flammable liquids sealed with a cloth wick). In use, the fuse attached to the container is lit and the weapon ...
The Molotov cocktail is a term coined by the Finns during the Winter War, as a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary weapons. [109] During the Winter War, the Soviet air force made extensive use of incendiaries and cluster bombs against Finnish civilians, troops and fortifications.
Cocktail Molotov is a 1980 French drama film written and directed by Diane Kurys.It is her second feature after Peppermint Soda.A female coming of age story set during the spring and summer of 1968, the film is not a sequel but can be considered a companion piece to its predecessor. [2]
Two juveniles have been charged after a series of Molotov cocktail incidents began targeting homes on the west side of Salisbury. The investigation, which began Friday, June 12, was initiated by ...
Two New York lawyers pleaded guilty on Wednesday for their roles in a Molotov cocktail attack during May 2020 protests sparked by George Floyd's death. Prosecutors said one of the lawyers, Urooj ...
CRANSTON − A 21-year-old woman who was accused of joining in an attack with a Molotov cocktail in 2023 is clear of most charges in the matter. At the time, Brianna Wischnowsky, ...
The Frangible Grenade M1 [1] was a specially designed factory produced molotov cocktail created by the United States in 1942 as it entered World War II (1939–1945). It was designed to provide lightly armed personnel (self-defense militias, soldiers, commandos, and Allied partisans) with simple, uncomplicated weapons that were easy to mass-produce.
On 11 June 2017, a Molotov cocktail was thrown in a restaurant in Aubervilliers, a suburb of northern Paris in France. The attack injured 12 people, including six policemen, and caused a large blaze of the five-storey block the restaurant was part of. [1] It happened on the day of French parliamentary elections.