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NAME – LPO-50 Flamethrower

NAME (NATIVE) – Легкий Пехотный Огнемет 50 [Light Infantry Flamethrower 50]

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USSR

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1953

LENGTH (GUN) – 96.8 cm (38.11 in)

LENGTH (HOSE) – 92 cm (36.2 in)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 14.8 kg (32.62 lb)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 23 kg (50.7 lb)

WEIGHT (GUN GROUP) – 3.2 kg (7 lb 1 oz)

TYPE OF IGNITION – Electrically-fired pyrotechnic cartridges (3) at muzzle

CONTINUOUS DURATION OF FIRE – 2-3 seconds bursts (3)

PROPELLANT – Electrically fired propellant cartridges (3), 1 per fuel tank

FUEL – Thickened fuel or Diesel fuel

FUEL CAPACITY – Three 3.3 l (0.87 US gallon) fuel tanks, 9.9 l (2.61 US gallons) total fuel

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 40 m (44 yards) Thickened fuel, 20 m (22 yards) Diesel fuel

MAXIUM RANGE – 70 m (77 yards)

FEED DEVICE – Three tanks with 3.3 l (0.87 US gallons) per tank – 9.9 l (2.61 US gallons) total fuel

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT – 2.73 kg per tank, 8.2 kg ( ) total thickened fuel weight

STATUS – Operational with ex-Soviet allied militaries and Client States

SERVICE – USSR and Warsaw Pact military, used by Chinese as the Type 74