Chapter 4190: Molotov cocktail

The People’s Front of Western Sahara is very poorly armed. They don’t even have infantry anti-tank missiles. Some have only this kind of rocket launcher.
This type of rocket-propelled grenade is very old, and its history can be traced back to the Panzerfaust iron fist used by the Germans in World War II. The Soviet Union designed a series of grenade launchers based on Panzerfaust.
The most successful is RPG-7, which began serving in the Red Army in 1961. Since then, the armies of more than 40 countries in the world have been equipped with RPG-7, even including Algeria, Bulgaria, China, Estonia, Malta, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Romania, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Without an optical sight, the target distance cannot be measured, and the target speed and wind influence on the trajectory cannot be corrected. The People's Front of Western Sahara is equipped with the most popular anti-tank and anti-personnel recoilless rocket launchers loaded with shoulder-mounted muzzles.
The old is old, but in actual use, it can still cause fatal damage to the tank. This is not a contradiction at all. Any weapon has its effect. The bow and arrow are primitive enough, but they can also shoot people to death. The premise is that you find an opportunity to shoot someone.
The sausages have been prepared for so long just to wait for this opportunity. He was forced by the collapse of two buildings. The enemy tanks were blocked in their marching formations, and the stopped tanks were of little power on the street with buildings on both sides.
First of all, the muzzle of the tank has a pitch angle, and their muzzle cannot be raised too low or too high. In this narrow area, the army of the Sahara People’s Front is at a high altitude. They can easily stick their heads out of the window to shoot down.
And the tank below, it is impossible to raise the muzzle to shoot them. Because the muzzle of their tank cannot be raised to that height. Can only use the anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on the tank to counterattack.
But the problem is that the reinforced concrete buildings on both sides provide an excellent cover for the defense. Moreover, although the anti-aircraft machine gun has the advantage of suppression, it is difficult to accurately capture a certain target.
Soldiers of the People's Front of Western Sahara approached the window with a rocket launcher, fired a shot and ran away. Refill it if it misses a hit, reload it again. As long as it hits, the tank below will be useless.
Among all anti-tank equipment, except for anti-tank mines, this anti-tank rocket launcher is the cheapest. A rocket of tens of dollars can destroy a multi-million dollar armor, and the cost performance is staggering.
In this type of terrain, the infantry that follows the tanks is more effective than the tanks. They relied on tanks to set up machine guns and fired at the windows upstairs, which was able to suppress the offensive of Western Sahara soldiers.
From time to time, Western Sahara soldiers were hit by machine guns and fell from the window. But then the situation changed. Several machine gunners in Morocco were shot inexplicably. Some infantrymen exclaimed, "Sniper!"
A combat team of Western Sahara soldiers was originally divided into tank personnel and soldier personnel. Bazookas are mainly used to attack tanks, and soldiers with good marksmanship are mainly used to attack soldiers. These soldiers are not professional snipers, nor are they equipped with sniper rifles, but they are equipped with rifles with a scope and high accuracy.
Some basically hold an AK47 equipped with a scope and use a single shot to hit the Moroccan soldiers below.
This is not over yet, several Molotov cocktails were suddenly dropped on several tall buildings. These flasks were filled with gasoline, and the mouths were stuffed with burning cloth strips. It will explode when it hits the ground, gasoline splashes everywhere, and it will ignite in fire.
The tank is a little better, and the soldiers are dying. The gasoline bottle fell to the ground, and the gasoline inside was everywhere. How could the flesh and blood stand the burning gasoline?
Even worse, this kind of incendiary bomb can cause panic. In the rubble, unknown bullets are everywhere. Suddenly a wave of Molotov cocktails came, and the comrades around him instantly turned into a ball of flames. Who can not panic?
The main thing in a war is a breath of heart. Not afraid of sacrifice, everyone will shout the slogan for bravely charging. But there is not much that can be done, so what the troops fear most is panic.
Because emotions are contagious, especially when there are many people. Soldiers will feel excited when they are in an environment that is inspiring. In a panic environment, the soldiers could not help feeling panic. this is normal phenomenon.
So this round of Molotov cocktail attacks became the last straw to crush these Moroccan soldiers. The soldiers couldn't help running away. The tank full of gasoline is not much better.
Of course, the Molotov cocktail is basically nonsense. In many movies and TV shows, Molotov cocktails are thrown on top of the tank, and the tank immediately ignited a raging fire or even exploded. This situation is actually impossible.
Because the main structure of the tank is steel, and steel is not wood, it is not combustible. Throwing a bottle of gasoline on steel, it seems to burn spectacularly, but the fire will not be extinguished soon.
When the fire went out, the tank was fine, and at most a black scorch was burned. The armor of the tank is very thick, and it is impossible to burn it in such a short time. Except that the only way to burn the tank is to drop the combustion bottle on the heat dissipation window of the tank engine. Below the window is the engine.
After the engine burns in a large fire, it may cause damage to precision parts, ignite the lubricating oil, and cause the tank to lose power.
But in fact, the odds are very low. In fact, the most effective time when the combustion bottle caused damage to the tank was World War II. Because the tank structure was not rigorous at the time, there were air attacks between tank parts, and the combustion bottle was filled with liquid fuel. Flow in these gaps.
The Molotov cocktail is generally thrown toward the engine compartment cover of the tank. Liquid fuel may burn the engine inside the tank. In this way, they will cause decisive damage to the tank. It is almost useless to use Molotov cocktails against modern tanks, except to set fire to it.
It's not World War II anymore. To be honest, this Molotov cocktail can't burn a tank.
However, these Molotov cocktails arranged by Lin Rui had one of the biggest advantages, which was to suppress the machine gunner on the tank. Because the anti-aircraft machine gun on the tank wants to shoot, the tank depot must stick its head from the turret to control the machine gun.
Once the tank is burned, it is impossible for the members of the tank to stick their heads out to control the machine gun. Gasoline flows across the top of the tank's armor and it burns into a piece. Do you want to risk opening the top cover of the armor to control the machine gun?
Not to mention whether this will turn yourself into a barbecue, you at least have to prevent the flow of gasoline from flowing into the cabin, and light the cockpit, right? Therefore, the anti-aircraft machine gun of the tank was suppressed by the Molotov cocktail.