story: there are 2 ways of placing a barrel, first would be to place it "from hands to ground" via DragNDrop, second method would be to Throw it with the "G"Key.
reason why I sometimes threw barrels - they may lay on the ground instead of normal standing upright(sometimes useful due to hiding reasons)
Tried it in the current version 0.61.136821 two times .
tried it 2 times, then no more... afraid of loosing precious Barrels ;)
maybe it happens to other items as well but I personally only threw flashbangs, roadflares and barrels ;) .... havent had any problems with the roadflares and flashbangs .
but as soon as the servers are back up ill throw a lot of stuff around ^^
I have noticed that protective cases and dry bags do the same when thrown, they disappear. I have thrown shirts, guns and over items and they act like you would expect. It seams that (containers) are the problem. I will have to throw other back packs and the first aid kit to confirm lol.
Ok first aid kits don't disappear when thrown. But mountain, child, taloon and hunting backpacks do disappear when thrown. Not going to try, but I would recon that all BP's would disappear when thrown.