TOS-1A Solntsepyok220 mm thermobaric multiple rocket launcherSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Omsktransmash (Uralvagonzavod) / RussiaThe TOS-1A Solntsepyok is a Russian tracked heavy flamethrower system that functions as a short-range thermobaric multiple rocket launcher. Built around a BM-1 launcher on a tank chassis with transporter-loaders, it fires unguided 220 mm rockets to support infantry and armor against fortified positions, vehicles, and troops in cover. In the Russia-Ukraine War it has been documented in Russian service near the front line, where its short range creates both destructive local effects and high vulnerability to Ukrainian targeting.Tag archive
thermobaric Weapon Systems
Weapon systems and military equipment tagged thermobaric.
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Artillery
Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.
TOS-1A Solntsepyok220 mm thermobaric multiple rocket launcherSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Omsktransmash (Uralvagonzavod) / RussiaThe TOS-1A Solntsepyok is a Russian tracked heavy flamethrower system that functions as a short-range thermobaric multiple rocket launcher. Built around a BM-1 launcher on a tank chassis with transporter-loaders, it fires unguided 220 mm rockets to support infantry and armor against fortified positions, vehicles, and troops in cover. In the Russia-Ukraine War it has been documented in Russian service near the front line, where its short range creates both destructive local effects and high vulnerability to Ukrainian targeting.
BM-30 Smerch300 mm heavy multiple launch rocket systemSide: RussiaBuilt: Splav State Research and Production Association / RussiaThe BM-30 Smerch, also designated 9K58, is a Soviet-designed heavy multiple launch rocket system built around a 12-tube 300 mm launcher on an 8x8 wheeled chassis. Its long-range rockets can carry high-explosive, cluster, and thermobaric warheads, making it a deep-fire artillery system rather than a front-line direct-fire weapon. In the Russia-Ukraine War, documented Russian use of 9M55K Smerch cluster rockets has tied the system to attacks on Ukrainian urban areas including Kharkiv and Mykolaiv.
Tornado-S300 mm multiple launch rocket systemSide: RussiaBuilt: NPO Splav / Motovilikha Plants / RussiaTornado-S, also known as the 9K515 MLRS, is Russia's modernized 300 mm successor to the BM-30 Smerch, adding automated fire-control and GLONASS-aided guided rockets for longer-range precision fires. In the Russia-Ukraine War it has been documented through recovered 9M54-series guided munition remnants and reported launcher losses, making it one of Russia's higher-end rocket artillery systems in the conflict.
TOS-2 TosochkaWheeled 220 mm thermobaric multiple rocket launcherSide: RussiaBuilt: NPO Splav / RussiaThe TOS-2 Tosochka is Russia's wheeled successor to the TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system, using 220 mm thermobaric and incendiary rockets from an 18-tube launcher on a Ural 6x6 truck. Its built-in crane, automated fire-control equipment, and wheeled chassis are intended to make the system more mobile and less dependent on a separate loading vehicle, while Russian forces have fielded it during the Russia-Ukraine War.Category
Infantry Weapons
Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.
