Finlandia (Molotov Cocktail) January 2003, Mechelen Petrol, nails, paraffin and fabric in a Finlandia Vodka bottle i Molotov cocktail is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. It was designed by Franco's rebels in the Spanish Civil War and received its name in the Winter War from Finnish soldiers who used it against the Red Army tanks. Vyacheslav Molotov was Soviet Union's People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs during the World War II. Private collection, Mechelen.