The TOS-2 (Tosochka) (Russian: тяжёлая огнемётная система [ТОС-2], romanized: Tyazhyelaya ognemyotnaya sistema [TOS-2], Heavy Flamethrower System) is a Russian multiple rocket launcher capable of using thermobaric warheads, mounted on a 3-axle truck chassis. TOS-2 was designed to attack enemy fortified positions and lightly armoured vehicles and transports, in open terrain in particular.
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TOS-2 during the "Armiya 2022" exhibition
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Type | Multiple rocket launcher |
Place of origin | Russia |
Service history | |
In service | 2021–present |
Used by | Russia |
Wars | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[1] |
Production history | |
Designer | NPO Splav |
Designed | 2016 |
Produced | 2021 |
Variants | TOS-2 |
Specifications | |
Shell | 18 MLRS |
Caliber | 220 mm (8.7 in) |
On 12 January 2018, it was announced that NPO Splav was working on a prototype of a next generation TOS-1 system for preliminary tests. The system with improved tactical and technical characteristics will be made on a wheeled chassis.[2]
The new TOS-2 (Tosochka) system was first unveiled during the 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade,[3] and further showcased during the Kavkaz-2020 drills in September 2020. It is equipped with a more powerful TBS-M3 rocket and its own crane. It has also an increased range and is protected from precision weapons.[4][5] The system uses the 6x6 Ural-63706-0120 all-terrain vehicle instead of the tracked armored chassis of the TOS-1A.[3]
The TOS-2 entered service with the Central Military District on 6 January 2021.[6]
In late May 2022, TASS reported that the system was deployed in Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3] In October 2023, the TOS-2 system was sighted in the area surrounding Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast.[7]