The Molotov Cocktail is a simple, hand held incendiary device, commonly used by guerrilla forces and rioters in urban settings. The gas firebomb was named for Bolshevik revolutionary Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov around 1906. His concoction enjoys worldwide popularity, particularly in Ireland, Eastern Europe, and Central America. It is deployed by lighting the wick and then throwing it, launching it from a large slingshot, or by dropping it from a height (such as a building). It may be effectively used against personnel, most civilian and military vehicles, and to torch most building structures. The worldwide popularity of the Molotov stems from it’s ease of manufacture, the easy acquisition of it’s basic ingredients, and the non-incriminating nature of having all of the unmixed ingredients on hand.