The drone of the 47th Brigade destroyed the TOS-1А Solntsepyok in the Avdiyivka sector

7 March, 2024 FPV-drone destroyed the TOS-1? Solntsepyok of the invaders. Photo credits: 47th Mechanized Brigade

Soldiers of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Strike Drones Company destroyed the TOS-1? heavy flamethrower system in the Avdiyivka sector. Volunteer and blogger Serhii Sternenko announced this on his X (Twitter) account. The attack was carried out using an FPV drone with a thermal imaging camera, which allowed for effective surveillance and detonation.

No detonation occurred after the hit, as the vehicle was moving without ammunition. This is not the first case of destruction of Russian TOS-1A in the Avdiyivka sector, where the enemy actively uses these systems.

On January 14, 2024, Ukrainian troops neutralized a Russian TOS-1? heavy flamethrower system operating in the Avdiyivka sector. The Russians used the system to destroy light armored vehicles, manpower, and fortifications.

TOS-1? heavy flamethrower system of the Russian Armed Forces. Photo from the Internet

Militarnyi previously reported that work on a TOS-3 new heavy flamethrower system was ongoing in Russia.

The new system was named TOS-3 Drakon (Dragon - ed.).

It is developed on the basis of existing TOS-1 and TOS-2 systems, which Russians are actively using in the war with Ukraine.

According to the image, the TOS-3 will be based on a tank tracked chassis, like its predecessors TOS-1 and the TOS-1A Solntsepek, while the launcher will be borrowed from the TOS-2 Tosochka, which has its own ammunition loading mechanism that facilitates reloading.