TERRIFYING “vacuum bombs” that can explode enemy troops’ lungs have been used in Ukraine, its government has said. Russia’s TOS-1 Buratino rocket launchers are some of the m…
Sharing screengrabs from a TikTok video of the military convoy, PhD student at the Department of War Studies at King's College London Rob Lee wrote: "Thermobaric troops on the move."Originally created as a long-range alternative to the handheld flamethrower, the TOS-1 and TOS-1A are designed to kill or crush any soft target in their path.And the Buratino - a Russian equivalent of Pinnochio - is unique to Russia's military.
In one incident, a TOS-1 strike killed 37 civilians and wounded over 200 when a city block was razed to the ground. The fiery blast can kill and maim in truly horrific ways, rendering body armour or hard cover useless., said: "A TOS-1 rocket barrage will wipe out everything within the 200-by-300m blast zone."
While napalm weapons spread a sticky, flaming liquid over a wide area, FAEs cause the air itself to detonate. The TOS-1A "Solntsepek" , is an upgrade of the TOS-1 designed to use longer-range rockets which can hit targets up to 6km away.Elsewhere, pictures show burnt out convoy of Russian trucks, marked with their Z identification number, burnt out after coming under attack.The bizarre-looking tanks feature a huge oblong-shaped rack on top, loaded with dozens of lethal incendiary or thermobaric rockets.
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