LPO-50
Sign in to saveThe LPO-50 () is a Soviet flamethrower developed during the 1950s to replace the aging ROKS flamethrowers, it saw limited service during the Vietnam War before it was replaced by the RPO "Rys" and RPO-A Shmel incendiary rocket launchers, though a modernized version known as the Type 74 remains in service with the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Key facts
- Weapon.variants
- See
- Weapon.image
- File:LPO-50.jpg
- Weapon.caption
- On display at the Technical Museum of Vadim Zadorozhny, Moscow
- Weapon.type
- Flamethrower
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.used_by
- See
- Weapon.design_date
- 1953
- Weapon.production_date
- 1955 −
- Weapon.action
- 3× primer cartridges plus electric ignition
- Weapon.feed
- 3× fuel tanks
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Design
- Variants
- Soviet Union
- China
- Users
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The LPO-50 () is a Soviet flamethrower developed during the 1950s to replace the aging ROKS flamethrowers, it saw limited service during the Vietnam War before it was replaced by the RPO "Rys" and RPO-A Shmel incendiary rocket launchers, though a modernized version known as the Type 74 remains in service with the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
==History==
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