[M1903A1]

Question for the panel...if you light a Molotov, but don’t throw it, what will happen? Will it just burn like a lamp, or explode, or...?

[crz]

If its glass, it’ll get hot and shatter. If its plastic, it’ll get hot and melt. If its steel, it’ll get hot and you cant hold it.

Believe me..I and a few of our friends tried that when we were young and stupid. Lucky that nobody got hurt and we were WAAAY out in the country so nobody knew.

Only thing that happened is we got an education the hard way.

[Svartalfiar]

Question for the panel...if you light a Molotov, but don’t throw it, what will happen? Will it just burn like a lamp, or explode, or...?

It'll burn for a while, then the glass'll probably shatter after it's gotten too hot.

They really don't explode, gasoline is only explosive in a very small range of the fuel vapor to air ratio. The way they work is they hit something and shatter, splashing gas over the target, which then ignites and burns. You don't really get much, if any, of an explosion. Oh, and if you're using diesel, it's not very flammable but does have a wider explosive range than gasoline.

[rfp1234]

Whatever happens to Wile E. Coyote when he tries to launch one.