The bottle is filled with a flammable liquid usually something thick like motor oil or diesel, and stoppered with a cork or cap, then a rag is tied around the neck of the bottle, not stuffed into it. Then the rag is lit, and the bottle thrown. When it hits, it’ll break and the lit rag ignites the fuel in the bottle.
This is of course purely talking about the historical use of these devices. I definitely don’t condone anyone saving their wine bottles and corks for future reuse.
Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 11 months ago
Always be mindful of the mouth of the bottle!
be careful that when you throw, angle the bottle so the fuel doesn’t spill out the mouth and light your own back on fire.
Zron@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Not a problem if you actually make them properly.
The bottle is filled with a flammable liquid usually something thick like motor oil or diesel, and stoppered with a cork or cap, then a rag is tied around the neck of the bottle, not stuffed into it. Then the rag is lit, and the bottle thrown. When it hits, it’ll break and the lit rag ignites the fuel in the bottle.
This is of course purely talking about the historical use of these devices. I definitely don’t condone anyone saving their wine bottles and corks for future reuse.
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Unacceptable, being against recycling like that. What about the turtles?
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This makes me glad I never tried to make molotovs before cause I never thought of that
JCreazy@midwest.social 11 months ago
It honestly kind of seems like common sense to me lol
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean yeah after thinking about it it’s intuitive.
Problem is I never really thought about it lmao