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Incendiary Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 8 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Incendiary, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

8 weapon systems

Mk266 Mod 1 HEI-T round, 30 mm high explosive incendiary tracer round, Munitions

MunitionsMk266 Mod 1 HEI-T round30 mm high explosive incendiary tracer roundSide: UnknownBuilt: Northrop Grumman / United StatesNorthrop Grumman's Mk266 Mod 1 HEI-T is a U.S.-origin 30x173mm high-explosive incendiary tracer round for Mk44 Bushmaster chain guns and other 30x173mm cannons. Army and Navy ammunition documents describe it as a low-drag, tracer-equipped cartridge fielded in shipboard gun systems.

Mk238 HEI-T/SD, 30 mm high explosive incendiary tracer round with self-destruct, Munitions

MunitionsMk238 HEI-T/SD30 mm high explosive incendiary tracer round with self-destructSide: UnknownBuilt: Northrop Grumman / United StatesNorthrop Grumman's Mk238 HEI-T/SD is a 30x173 mm high-explosive incendiary tracer cartridge with self-destruct, built for the Bushmaster ammunition family. Northrop Grumman says the round is used in Mk44 guns or any cannon firing 30x173mm ammunition, which covers the Mk44 installed in MSI's DS30M naval mount.

122 mm 9M22S Grad rocket, 122 mm incendiary rocket, Munitions

Munitions122 mm 9M22S Grad rocket122 mm incendiary rocketSide: UnknownBuilt: Splav State Research and Production Association / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 122 mm 9M22S Grad rocket is a Soviet incendiary rocket for BM-21 family launchers, developed by Splav in 1971 and fitted with a 9N510 warhead carrying 180 incendiary elements. Open-source documentation from Ukraine shows the round remains in Russian service and is associated with Grad and Tornado-G launchers.

9M27S incendiary rocket, 220 mm incendiary artillery rocket, Munitions

Munitions9M27S incendiary rocket220 mm incendiary artillery rocketSide: UnknownBuilt: NPO Splav / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 9M27S incendiary rocket is a Soviet 220 mm Uragan-family artillery rocket built by NPO Splav for the BM-27 launcher family. Weaponsystems.net describes it as a conventional spin-stabilized, unguided rocket with a solid-propellant motor, a 4x 9N236 incendiary warhead, and a 10 to 35 km range, while PAX identifies it as a 220 mm incendiary rocket projectile in the Uragan series.

BLU-63A/B submunition, Air-dropped high-explosive fragmentation bomblet, Munitions

MunitionsBLU-63A/B submunitionAir-dropped high-explosive fragmentation bombletSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Milan Army Ammunition Plant / U.S. Air Force procurement / United StatesThe BLU-63A/B is a U.S.-origin impact-fired high-explosive fragmentation bomblet for the CBU-58A/B cluster bomb. Technical manuals describe the A/B round as carrying two 5-gram titanium pellets for incendiary effect, while Yemen conflict reporting ties the family to Saudi-led coalition cluster-bomb remnants.

Molotov cocktails, Hand-thrown improvised incendiary weapon, Munitions

MunitionsMolotov cocktailsHand-thrown improvised incendiary weaponSide: IS-aligned militantsBuilt: Improvised / locally fabricated / Varies by userMolotov cocktails are improvised incendiary weapons built around a breakable container and ignition source, used at very short range against personnel, vehicles, and structures. In the Battle of Marawi, Reuters reporting identified them among the close-range threats faced by Philippine government troops fighting IS-aligned militants in dense urban terrain.

Sayda incendiary round, Incendiary 240 mm rocket-assisted projectile, Munitions

MunitionsSayda incendiary roundIncendiary 240 mm rocket-assisted projectileSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet defense industry / Soviet UnionSayda is the Soviet incendiary member of the 240 mm rocket-assisted mortar projectile family for the M-240 and 2S4 Tyulpan. Armament Research Services identifies it alongside the other 240 mm special-purpose rounds that use the 3M15 rocket motor, while the National Interest notes that Sayda incendiary projectiles were intended to set buildings aflame.

Mk-77 firebomb, Incendiary bomb, Munitions

MunitionsMk-77 firebombIncendiary bombSide: UnknownBuilt: U.S. military ordnance contractors / United StatesThe Mk-77 firebomb is a U.S. air-dropped incendiary bomb family used as the primary firebomb in Marine Corps training references. Later Mod 4 references describe a roughly 500-pound weapon filled with about 75 gallons of fuel/gel mixture, and Navy AV-8B loadout tables list Mk-77 (Mod 2/4) among the Harrier's air-to-ground stores.