Ukraine "successfully destroyed" a Russian thermobaric artillery weapon in the south of the war-torn country, Kyiv has said. Kyiv's SBU security service took out a TOS-1A, or Solntsepyok, system in ...

May 9, 2023: Russia gained some notoriety recently because they had sent some of their TOS-1A tank-mounted thermobaric 220mm rocket launchers to Ukraine. A TOS-1A carries 24 220mm rockets while a ...

However, the Buratino’s limited range may have presented a more recent liability. A 2016 video marked with the symbol of the short-lived Fatah Halab coalition of Syrian rebels in Aleppo showed what ...

Typically, when we talk about armored fighting vehicles, they've either been decommissioned for years or, at the very least, aren't being actively used on a battlefield, but that's not the case with ...

YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA - APRIL 11, 2018: A TOS-1A heavy flamethrower (front) moves along a street during a rehearsal of a Victory Day military parade commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the victory ...

The Buratino was succeeded in 2001 by the more advanced TOS-1A, bringing a vastly expanded range of six thousand kilometers, revised launching tubes, and a slew of chassis upgrades. Despite their ...