Talk:RPO-A Shmel (Bumblebee)

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I believe this would be better described as an anti-personnel rocket rather than as a flamethrower. Any thoughts on this?

I guess its both. Sort of. Wachholder0 19:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I can't see how this 1) is classified as a flamethrower 2) and not a rocket launcher. But I'm no expert. Ashanthalas 21:45, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

• The russian army classified this weapon as a flame thrower, so there is nothing wrong with this category. Mieciu K 16:15, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

It is a thermobaric rather than than an explosive weapon intended to penetrate hard targets. Not exactly what in called a flamethrower in American English, but that's what the Russians are calling it.Wachholder0 18:24, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Are we sure that's not a translation problem? Because regardless of how the Russians classify it that's a rocket launcher, not a flame thrower. I would say it's very misleading to not use the proper English term simply because simply because the Russians use a different word that may or may not have different connotations in Russian. 66.131.254.21 06:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I would like to see some info on when this was developed and when it was deployed to troops. Anyone knows and can add that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.235.121.24 (talk) 05:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)