TOS-1 Buratino

Heavy flame thrower 220mm rocket launcher

The TOS-1 heavy flame thrower system is a 220mm 30-barrel multiple rocket launcher system that can fire rockets with thermobaric or incendiary warheads. The Russian development of the TOS-1 began in the late 1980s. The heavy flamethrower system TOS-1 was designed and created at the beginning of the 1980s. It represents a complex combat vehicle - launcher, rockets, and transport and loading vehicle. The flame thrower system is mounted on a T-72 tank chassis with an armored cluster of tubes. The enemy is killed by the effect of excessive pressure and high temperature during the explosion of the thermobaric mixtures delivered to the target by rockets. The TOS-1 enters into service with the Russian army at end of 2000. The vehicle has been deployed during the war in Chechnya. The TOS-1 heavy flame thrower system is designed to destroy lightly armored vehicles, set fire and destroy buildings and various constructions, and kill enemy personnel in the open or in shelters. The whole system comprises a BM-1 combat vehicle, two TZM-T transporter-loader vehicles, and 72 NURS unguided rocket projectiles.

TOS-1 variants:

- TOS-1A: upgrade version of TOS-1, the launch vehicle is equipped with 24 tubes in place of 30. The minimum range is 400 m and the maximum range is 6,000 m.