Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed TOS-1 "Pinocchio" - it is called the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in Russia

A video has appeared online of the destruction of a convoy of Russian military equipment, where several tanks

a heavy flamethrower system "Buratino" was traveling.

What is known

TOS-1 "Pinocchio" is called the most powerful non-nuclearweapons of the Russian Federation. The system uses thermobaric charges, in which temperature and pressure simultaneously act as the striking element.


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The flamethrower system consists of a combat vehicle withguides and a pair of transport-loading machines. All of them are built on the basis of the T-72 tank. Transport-loading vehicles are equipped with a special crane for loading and unloading the combat vehicle.

TOS-1 "Pinocchio" was introduced in 1999.Two years later, a modification of the TOS-1A "Sun" appeared with 24 guides instead of 30. The most modern representative of the family of heavy flamethrower systems is the TOS-2 "Tosochka".

Source: @killpukin

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