# Rostec demonstrated TOS-1A capabilities to foreign customers

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2020/07/rostec-demonstrated-tos-1a-capabilities-to-foreign-customers/
- Published: 2020-07-27T10:32:31+01:00
- Author: Military Africa

JSC Rosoboronexport and JSC Omsktransmash (part of JSC Concern Uralvagonzavod), 
which are subsidiaries of the Rostec State Corporation, have demonstrated the TOS-
1A heavy flamethrower system to a number of foreign customers at the Nizhny Tagil
Institute of Metal Testing’s (NTIIM’s) Staratel Proving Ground in Nizhny Tagil.

_“The TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system is unique to the world arms market, the only
deadly short-range fire support weapon in the world. Such equipment is not produced
anywhere in the world except Russia, and we are proud to show it to our foreign 
partners. The system has repeatedly shown its impressive capabilities to destroy
well-protected terrorist groups in real combat conditions in the Middle East. Owing
to its unrivalled performance, the TOS-1A has held steady in the Top 5 weapons supplied
by Rosoboronexport to customers’ land forces,” said Rosoboronexport’s Director General
Alexander Mikheev._

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TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system (Rostec State Corporation)

During the demonstration at the Staratel Proving Ground, the TOS-1A system has accomplished
all its tasks. Visual observations and express data analysis substantiated its performance
and the reliability of engaging targets at different ranges.

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“_The TOS-1A showed its best performance and high fire efficiency at the test site.
Its effectiveness and firepower have been long recognized all over the world. It
is a unique R&D product in terms of the technical solutions applied and combat effectiveness,”
_said Alexander Potapov, Director General of JSC Uralvagonzavod Concern.

The TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system is in service not only with the Russian Army,
but also with the armed forces of several countries of the world. Unlike all currently
existing multiple rocket launchers (MRL), only the BM-1 launch vehicle of the TOS-
1A system, having MBT-level armor and a minimum firing range of 600 m (maximum range
of 6 km), can perform the necessary combat missions on the forward edge of the battle
area (FEBA) in a very short time frame, while remaining practically invulnerable.

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This is a deadly, time-tested and unrivalled flamethrower system whose high reliability
has been proven more than once.
All existing MRLs have an order of magnitude longer
minimum firing range and are located at considerable distances from the FEBA. The
TOS-1A operates within the combat formation of troops, which reduces the targeting
time and increases the efficiency of fire control.

These systems are capable of delivering both indirect and direct fire on visible
targets almost immediately after their detection.

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According to Igor Lobov, Director General of Omsktransmash, the TOS-1A developer
and manufacturer, “_the tank chassis provides tactical mobility and a high level
of crew protection, and also makes it possible to quickly move to the required firing
position and operate in the zone of direct fire contact with the enemy, which no
artillery system can do.”_

The BM-1 launch vehicle is a 220 mm 24-barrel launcher mounted on a tracked chassis.
It fires unguided rockets developed by Ganichev NPO SPLAV (part of the Rostec State
Corporation). The rockets are equipped with a thermobaric warhead capable of engaging
heavily protected enemy positions, including fortifications, with minimal means.
A full salvo, lasting just a few seconds, is capable of destroying enemy forces 
over an area of ​​40,000 square meters.

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