Robert Beckhusen, Real Clear Defense: Russia's Devastating Thermobaric Rocket Tanks
In December, Russia created a new heavy weapons regiment based in Nizhniy Novgorod. The regiment has both “TOS-1A Solntsepekflamethrowers and the Shmel-M infantry flamethrowers,” according the Interfax news agency.
The Russian media often refers to the TOS-1A and Shmel-M as flamethrowers, but the term is a bit of a misnomer in English. This hardware has little in common with those rare, flame-spewing weapons.
Instead, these are thermobaric launchers, which propel a fuel-air round.
WNU Editor: A good analysis and explanation on this devastating Russian weapon. Thank God they have not shown up in eastern Ukraine.
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