TOS-1

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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At a glance

Class

Invention

Domain

Science and technology

Knowledge cost

4

In collections

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What Wikipedia says

TOS-1 Buratino (Russian: тяжёлая огнемётная система (ТОС-1), romanized: Tyazhyelaya ognemyetnaya sistema (TOS-1), Heavy Flamethrower System (TOS-1)) is a Soviet 220 mm 30-barrel (original system, Object 634 or TOS-1M) or 24-barrel (Object 634B or TOS-1A Solntsepyok) multiple rocket launcher capable of using thermobaric warheads, mounted on a T-72 / T-90 tank chassis.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “TOS-1”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Vitaly V. Kuzmin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.