Combat use of the TOS-1A “Solntsepyok“ of the Airborne Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region

Combat use of the TOS-1A “Solntsepyok“ of the Airborne Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region The NBC protection units of the Tula Guards Airborne Unit, consisting of crews of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems, provide support during active combat operations to the assault units of the Tula and Ryazan paratroopers in the border areas of the Kursk Region. The crews of the heavy flamethrower systems “Solntsepek“ perform daily fire missions to destroy fortified long-term strongholds, positions and dugouts with armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and defeat manpower. Unnoticed by the enemy, under the cover of darkness, “Solntsepyok“ moves to a combat position towards the enemy and sends packages of 220-mm thermobaric shells, burning out all living things on Ukrainian positions. When a thermobaric projectile hits its target, it ignites an explosive mixture. Temperatures of several thousand degrees plus excess pressure destroy all living things on Ukrain... Source: Military Wave