There is no foreign analogue of this heavy flamethrower system yet, said Igor Lobov, General Director of Omsktransmash
MOSCOW, September 2. /TASS/. Omsk Plant of Transport Engineering (Omsktransmash, part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the Rostec State Corporation) is working on the inclusion of the TOS-1A "Solntsepek" heavy flamethrower system in the automated command and control circuit. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Igor Lobov.
"We are working on this right now. I would like to achieve the maximum speed of using the machine so that it can work out and relocate as quickly as possible," he said, answering the question whether it is planned to automate the use of the "Sun".
According to him, there is no foreign analogue of "Solntsepek" yet. "No, from where? There are no analogues in such a caliber with the use of special thermobaric shells, with such firepower, "the head of Omsktransmash said.
Earlier, at the international forum "Army-2021", Lobov told TASS that the company is upgrading the TOS-1A, the appearance of this machine is expected in the near future.
TOS-1A "Solntsepek" is a flamethrower system on a tank chassis. It uses unguided rockets of 220 mm caliber with a thermobaric warhead to destroy the enemy's manpower, its military equipment and fortifications with a volumetric explosion.
