TOS-1a “Solntsepek”
The Southern Military District (YuVO) will be the first in Russia to receive the latest TOS-2 Tosochka heavy flamethrower systems, Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Ministry of Defense.
According to the newspaper, these wheeled thermobaric flamethrowers in the south of the country within three to four years will replace the tracked systems TOS-1 Buratino and TOS-1A Solntsepek (in January 2018, in a publication of the German newspaper Stern, it was stated that “the flamethrower TOS-1 – the most terrible weapon of Moscow in Syria “, and” his volleys destroy the bunkers and fortresses of the rebels “).
According to ex-UN deputy secretary general Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the deployment of these weapons will be a signal for those trying to create problems for Moscow in the south. “In Romania, the Americans are building a missile defense [missile defense] system. One or another warships with cruise missiles on board enter the Black Sea. There is a difficult situation on the border with Ukraine, problems in the Caucasus. I will not be surprised if in the future they appear from the side of Afghanistan, ”the specialist said.
Military expert Aleksey Khlopotov notes that the TOS-2 “Tosochka” has less power than the TOS-1 “Buratino” and the TOS-1A “Solntsepek”, but it has a longer range and area of destruction.
In February, Michael Peck, an expert with The National Interest, reported that the TOS-1A Solntsepek ensures the complete destruction of enemy defenses in one salvo and allows the Russian military to be ready for major assault operations.
In November 2019, a likely image of a Russian advanced TOS-2 Tosochka heavy multiple rocket launcher system appeared on Twitter.
