Editing Molotov cocktail (section)

=== The Troubles ===
During [[the Troubles]], both the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (PIRA) and civilians used petrol bombs, although with different uses. Civilians tended to use petrol bombs and rocks against [[Royal Ulster Constabulary|police officers]] in riots;<ref>{{cite web |author= |title=Extracts from a British government report about the political situation in Northern Ireland in July 1969 (CJ 3/52) |url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cj3-51.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426180024/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cj3-51.jpg |archive-date=26 April 2017 |access-date=11 November 2023 |website=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> however, the PIRA tended to use them in attacks rather than in self-defence. Over time, as the PIRA became more co-ordinated, it shifted to using [[Improvised explosive device|IED]]s rather than petrol bombs.<ref>
{{Cite journal |last=Gill |first=Paul |year=2016 |title=Tactical Innovation and the Provisional Irish Republican Army |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1521069/3/Gill_Resub_Tactical%20Innovation%20and%20the%20Provisional%20Irish%20Republican%20Army(1).pdf |journal=[[Studies in Conflict & Terrorism]] |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |volume=40 |issue=7 |pages=573–585 |doi=10.1080/1057610X.2016.1237221 |via=[[UCL Discovery]]}}</ref>