Lane Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Try to look word up in Dictionary? :confused: Try to find it in QB? Not luck. Looks like a mortar tube, only looks like setting about 45 deg? Who has them Axis or Allied? Guess I don't want to see them they are white I see it will be fixed next patch. No big deal just wonder what they are. Thank's for any info Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbear Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 It is used to launch molotovs. They were some kind of house made artifact, very simple I supose, an little efective I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 It's a big white thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gallear Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gallear Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 According to my source (Bishop, WWII, Dictionary of weapons) they were termed Ampulenjot 1941 System Kartukov – very little is known about the weapon and what is known comes from period German Intelligence reports. Unlike the CMBB representation it was a pipe gun – like an early cannon on a simple fork stand. Calibre was 5inch or 127mm. (It looks like an old pump fire extinguisher – which is a bit ironic). It was fired with blackpowder by way of a percussion cap, the Germans never figured out what the projectile was – they suggest some form of phosphorus mixture allied to a thick oil based fuel. Maximum range was 250 yards and the rate of fire must have been slow unlike the CMBB representation. Although, it did have a breach block. I doubt it was available at the start of the war in any numbers but like the PTRD Anti-tank rifle was an old design that was rushed into production and service to give the troops something to shoot at Panzers. (I would guess at a September 1941 introduction date with it disappearing very rapidly in 1942 as AT-Rifles in increasing numbers came into service. The German considered it a joke weapon that illustrated the backwards and crumbling nature of the red army, in contrast to captured PTRD AT-rifles, which were put into German service Hopefully I will be able to put up a picture of one soon. Nice to know that Battlefront are going to improve the weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THumpre Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 It is a little used, rarely effective flame-throwing thingie that, due a slight coding issue that makes it appear white, has gained a noteriety way out of proportion to its actual impact on the Eastern Theater... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 the funny thing is there's practically no photo reference on the thing, which was a small impediment to modelling it in the game but I believe it was featured in a previous well known Eastern Front wargame, so the old wargame grogs were expected it to be included. [ November 22, 2002, 04:54 PM: Message edited by: MikeyD ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 Look at http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=003397 for a picture Could any ruussian speking (reading) translate the text on http://www.himvoiska.narod.ru/f018.jpg? [ November 22, 2002, 08:22 PM: Message edited by: Swift ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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