Incidents

"Burns the enemy": the Armed Forces told details of the use of Ukrainian flamethrower RPV-16 (video)

This flamethrower is called "small artillery", because weapons are capable of destroying fortified areas and light armored vehicles of Russians. Fighters of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade. Prince Konstantin Ostrozky told how effectively it is possible to use a dynamo reactive grenade launcher with a thermobaric ammunition of single use of RPV-16. The defenders were posted on Facebook with journalists of TV channel "Rada".

Flamese dummy said that 93 millimeters weapons are equated with 155 mm of weapons. Russian invaders cannot escape from these weapons. "It burns the enemy as a result of a temperature of 1500 to 3,000 degrees," one of the fighters statements. This flamethrower is called "small artillery". The lesions of such weapons are significant. It is mainly used in fortified areas of invaders. The flamethrower is also able to effectively eliminate the light equipment of the invaders.

Flamethists allow the assault units to go to positions. Warriors take two tubes with them, as it is a single weapon. RPV-16 is a dynamo reactive grenade launcher with a thermobaric ammunition of single use. It was presented in 2017 at a landfill in the Chernihiv region. In October 2018, the Ukrainian army received the first samples. Effective range - 300 m, maximum - 1000 m. The battle part has a weight of 4 kg. When hit, the charge of the combat part is blown and sprayed.