Lehký pěchotní plamenomet LPO-50

Light Infantry Flamethrower LPO-50

Лёгкий пехотный огнемёт ЛПО-50

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Light infantry fire [LP] LPO-50 (& # 1051; & # 1055; & # 1054; -50) was designed to destroy the enemy's hiding places, its lightly armored and automotive technology, also to destroy manpower of the enemy and the establishment of fire deposits.

It was constructed in the USSR at the end of the Second World War.

In the armament of flamethrowing units MS. Army was introduced in 1957. It replaced the hitherto used prey flamethrowers vz. 41N and Soviet portable flamethrowers ROKS-3 or heavy flamethrowers FOG-2.

Main technical data:

The construction of the fireworks consists of three tanks with combustibles, connected into one unit, a hose transporting combustibles and a discharge device in the shape of a rifle with a bipod.

Combustible content in tanks: 3 x 3, 3 l

Working pressure: 3.4 MPa

Range in m:

Non - concentrated mixture: 20
Concentrated mixture: 70

Preparation for combat: up to 20 sec.

Dimensions in mm:

Caliber: 14.5

Length: 850

Weight: 22.5 kg/15 kg without combustibles

Sources:

Bílek, Jiří, a. I .: Czechoslovak People's Army in the coalition ties of the Warsaw Pact. MoD CR 2008

Military technology 1959, no.7

ATOM

Defense of the People 1960, No. 54, 56

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