According to the website – http://politpuzzle.ru/42053-v-armii-rf-poyavitsya-tos-novogo-pokoleniya/ , the defense Ministry decided to expand the line of TOS. Heavy flamethrower system salvo “Pinocchio”, adopted by the Soviet army in 1980-m to year, capable of incinerating all life and is reinforced in the area of 40,000 square meters. Complex upgraded in late 90s to TOS-1A “Solntsepek”, is commercially available and is a formidable force for any opponent. However,
Development works on creation of heavy flamethrower system of the new generation, dubbed “Lisochka”, focused on the transfer of the Ministry of defense of the first prototype in the next year. According to the Deputy of the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov, after the successful completion of a number of state tests of the complex immediately goes to series.
“Lisochka” will be a continuation of TOS-1 “Buratino”. According to preliminary data, the main task of the designers is to increase the firing range and target area of the new system. Thus with high probability promising TOS volley fire will be presented on the same platform main battle tank T-72A, and the improvement of tactical characteristics will be achieved by upgrading the turntable and the application of new rockets.
By the way, the performance of existing systems and without having impressive: the TOS-1A can fire incendiary or thermobaric rocket caliber 220 mm single whether paired volleys at a distance of six kilometers. In this issue of complete ammunition is only 12 seconds in single mode and 6 seconds in the pair’s cooldown to 24 minutes.
The firepower of the volley fire TOS is a huge help for any combat operations. High accuracy and great shooting efficiency of these systems allow you to achieve results where others firepower impotent.
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