New promising heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 (“Tosochka”) will be supplied to the Russian armed forces in the spring of next year. In an interview with the official publication of the newspaper of the Russian army “A red star” said the chief of the radiation forces, chemical and biological protection Igor Kirillov.
According to Kirillov, development of promising heavy flamethrower system TOS-2, previously called “Tosochka”, should end by next spring, and by May, these vehicles should already be in service with the flamethrower units of the RKhBZ troops. Probably new flamethrower machines will take part in the Victory Parade on Red Square 9 May 2020 of the year.
By the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the development of the TOS-2 heavy flamethrower system should be completed and its delivery to the troops. planned, that this combat vehicle will take part in a parade on Red Square
– he said.
The beginning of the second phase of testing a new flamethrower system was reported in June this year.. As stated during the forum “Army-2019” CEO “TEHMI” Vladimir Lepin, TOS-2 supplies (“Socks”) in armed forces planned soon, but did not give specific dates.
Unfortunately, talk a lot about TOS-2 we can’t, as there is almost no information about the new system in open sources. known, which, unlike TOS-1 “Pinocchio” and TOS-1A “the sun”, having a tracked tank chassis, TOS-2 created on a wheelbase. The launcher will remain the same, like previous platforms, 220 mm unguided shells with a thermobaric or incendiary warhead will also be preserved, although new ammunition is possible, specially designed for TOS-2.
System developers previously reported, that the new flamethrower system was created taking into account the experience of using such weapons during hostilities in the Middle East.
