Flamethrower FOG-1
The FOG-1 flamethrower mines were developed for the Red Army in April 1941 and were designed to destroy enemy manpower and vehicles. They were intended to be placed in the field in camouflaged positions or within roadblocks. Initiation occurred remotely or by means of a booby-trapped trigger.
The mine consisted of a pressure vessel, an ejection pipe fitted with a pressure valve, under which was placed an ignition box with a pyro cartridge and a tubular projection for the insertion of the ejection assembly. The initiation of the pyrotechnic composition was provided by an igniter, which, with electric or mechanical ignition. When the specified pressure was reached, the pressure valve of the whipped compound was opened and the incendiary mixture was ejected and simultaneously ignited.
Background:
- Single-headed flame-thrower mine was accepted into armament: 12.07.1941
- container volume: 25 dm3
- empty weight: 32-35 kg
- weight of incendiary mixture: 20 kg
- total weight: 52-55 kg
- firing distance: 80 to 100 m
Source
Ustrojstvo i eksploatacija fugasnych ognomjotov, Moscow 1944
Bojevoj opyt chimicheskii vojskov i chimicheskii služby v Vjelikoi otjechjectvjennoj vojnje 1941-1945, Moscow 1989
Internet
http://newsreaders.ru/showthread.php?t=1544
http://www.binmovie.ru/item/122
www.museum-arms.ru
The FOG-1 flamethrower mines were developed for the Red Army in April 1941 and were designed to destroy enemy manpower and vehicles. They were intended to be placed in the field in camouflaged positions or within roadblocks. Initiation occurred remotely or by means of a booby-trapped trigger.
The mine consisted of a pressure vessel, an ejection pipe fitted with a pressure valve, under which was placed an ignition box with a pyro cartridge and a tubular projection for the insertion of the ejection assembly. The initiation of the pyrotechnic composition was provided by an igniter, which, with electric or mechanical ignition. When the specified pressure was reached, the pressure valve of the whipped compound was opened and the incendiary mixture was ejected and simultaneously ignited.
Background:
- Single-headed flame-thrower mine was accepted into armament: 12.07.1941
- container volume: 25 dm3
- empty weight: 32-35 kg
- weight of incendiary mixture: 20 kg
- total weight: 52-55 kg
- firing distance: 80 to 100 m
Source
Ustrojstvo i eksploatacija fugasnych ognomjotov, Moscow 1944
Bojevoj opyt chimicheskii vojskov i chimicheskii služby v Vjelikoi otjechjectvjennoj vojnje 1941-1945, Moscow 1989
Internet
http://newsreaders.ru/showthread.php?t=1544
http://www.binmovie.ru/item/122
www.museum-arms.ru