ТОС-1 TOS-1 Buratino/TOS-1A Solntsepyok Object 634/634B/MO.1.01.00 | |
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![]() TOS-1A Solntsepyok during the Army-2020 exhibition | |
Type | Multiple rocket launcher |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1988–present |
Used by | Soviet Union (historically), Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Algeria, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine (captured from Russia) |
Wars | Soviet–Afghan War Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Second Chechen War War in Iraq (2013–2017)[1] Syrian Civil War War in Donbas Second Nagorno-Karabakh War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Production history | |
Designer | Omsk Transmash Design Bureau |
Designed | 1988 |
Manufacturer | Uralvagonzavod |
Produced | TOS-1: 1987–present TOS-1A: 2003–present |
Variants | TOS-1A |
Specifications | |
Mass | 45.3 t (100,000 lb) |
Length | 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in) |
Width | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
Height | 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Crew | 3 |
Caliber | 220 mm (8.7 in) |
Rate of fire | 30 rounds/15 s |
Effective firing range | .5-3 km (TOS-1) 10 km (TOS-1A) |
Engine | V-84 Diesel 840 hp (630 kW) |
Operational range | 550 km (340 mi) |
Maximum speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |
TOS-1 Buratino (Russian: тяжёлая огнемётная система [ТОС-1], romanized: Tyazhyelaya ognemyetnaya sistema [TOS-1], Heavy Flamethrower System) 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. TOS-1 was designed to attack enemy fortified positions and lightly armored vehicles and transports, particularly in open terrain. The system’s first combat tests took place in 1988 and 1989 in the Panjshir Valley during the Soviet–Afghan War. The TOS-1 was shown for the first time in public in 1999 in Omsk.
TOS-1 is not assigned to the artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces but is found in Russian NBC Protection Troops.[2][needs update]