Makeshift Fire Extinguisher RPG Warheads In Ukraine

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  @TheArmourersBench · 3 years ago · pinned

  Thanks for watching guys, here&apos;s the accompanying article for this video: <a href="https://armourersbench.com/2023/01/15/makeshift-fire-extinguisher-rpg-warhead/">https://armourersbench.com/2023/01/15/makeshift-fire-extinguisher-rpg-warhead/</a>

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• HA

  @Hazmat616 · 1 year ago

  Post apocalypse game designers need to watch all of this very closely to get inspiration for makeshift weapons

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• JI

  @jic1 · 3 years ago

  The reason they left the warhead painted red is that it makes the rocket go faster.

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• CM

  @cm275 · 3 years ago (edited)

  My first thought when I saw the title was that using RPG to put out a fire was batshit insane but this makes more sense.

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  @dowgy177 · 3 years ago

  Amazing. We heard &quot;fire extinguisher,&quot; and the Chechens heard &quot;fire the Extinguisher.&quot;

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• YA

  @yahyaky9854 · 1 year ago

  we used fire extinguisher and gas cylinder in Syria during the war and I am pretty sure they adopted this idea from there.

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• AB

  @ABCantonese · 3 years ago

  They must&apos;ve used a lot of these extinguishers during all the airstrikes. Ingenious way of giving the canisters a second life.

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  @KaiDidumaNx · 3 years ago

  If you are fighting close range hordes of enemies, &nbsp;this kind of weapon does make sense.

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• RM

  @RMMilitaryHistory · 3 years ago

  Another great insight into the ingenuity of the troops on the frontlines in Ukraine.

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• CA

  @CATASTEROID934 · 3 years ago

  Compared to the skinny OG-7V projectiles you could fit a pretty mean fragmentation liner made of scored wire sections, bearing balls and god knows what else and still have room for a weighty filler. I&apos;d imagine the body of the extinguisher itself is mostly there to hold it all together and protect the internal parts from weather and rough handling and the fragmentation of the cylinder is secondary but a bonus, they haven&apos;t heat treated it to make it more brittle as it would&apos;ve removed the original paint and/or labels which are still visible. Maybe a fire extinguisher/security warehouse wound up having it&apos;s stock commandeered for the war effort, one can only speculate, thanks for the insight though

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  @PaletoB · 3 years ago

  Fire extinguisher can probably be found in most buildings or used once from the scrappy.

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  @ifyoudontfailyouarenoteven6210 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve read some memoirs of Chechen fighters from the Ist and 2nd Chechen wars - they liked to modify RPG warheads, sometimes with mixed results. It may have something to do with instructions given by Mujahedeen fighters from the Afgan War. They removed self-destruction devices, so the warhead shot at helicopters from the mountains exploded even when missing a target, giving pilots the impression that they were attacked by MANPADS.<br><br>Edit: As Joshua and Anthony rightly pointed out, the self-detonation device wasn&apos;t removed, but the grenade was detonated by it at maximum range.

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