Molotov breadbasket

English Molotov bread basket Alternative forms en Molotov bread basket Molotov's bread basket Etymology Coined around 1940 to describe cluster munitions used in Finland by the Soviet Union during the Winter War (1939-1940). From en Molotov breadbasket, after the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Compare en Molotov cocktail. Noun A cluster bomb; a munition that disperses multiple smaller explosives. en 2001 Steven H. Newton Kursk: The German View http://www.worldcat.org/title/kursk-the-german-view-eywitness-reports-of-operation-citadel-by-the-german-commanders/oclc/723069620 187 Our bombardment aircraft dropped this armament in bomb-shaped 250- and 500-kilogram canisters (models AB250 and AB500). These fragmentation bombs proved to be extremely effective against live targets when discharged by a scatter drop (an adaptation of the Molotov “bread basket”). en specifically The RRAB-3, a Soviet cluster bomb. en 1940 Soviet army's new weapons Life 8 14 34 “Molotov breadbasket” is a large bomb container which, whirled by its fins, drops low, then sprays out a mass of 4 1/2 pound incendiary bombs. en 2010 Gro Nystuen; Stuart Casey-Maslen The Convention on Cluster Munitions: A Commentary http://www.worldcat.org/title/convention-on-cluster-munitions-a-commentary/oclc/642283823 6 The Russian air force dropped RRAB-3 ‘Molotov bread basket’ incendiary cluster munitions on Finland during the ‘Winter War’ in January 1940, and perhaps even earlier. en Explosives en eponyms