The Ukrainian Army just captured a Russian TOS-1A thermobaric MRL

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[PortTack]

1. Thank the gods!!

[lapfog_1]

2. If it is still operational and armed

drive it to just in front of that column of armor headed to kyiv... and fire at the Russians

[honest.abe]

3. This thing should be called "Thermobarbaric".

However great news the UKRs got one!

[BGBD]

4. Port covers are still there

So I think this thing is armed with a couple dozen rockets.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Thank God they got it now.

[mitch96]

13. Tnx, I could not tell if it was full or empty...nt

[Pantagruel]

5. Using

them is considered a war crime. Treat as evidence not a captured weapon.

[qazplm135]

11. Crime against civilians

Not troops.

I'd prefer not to use at all but we use a version as well but not on civilian targets

[Goonch]

7. TOS-1A, normally described as a heavy flamethrower,a unique type of multiple launch rocket system

[Nevilledog]

10. That's not a complete description

How do they work?

The thermobaric weapon, also known as an aerosol bomb or fuel air explosive, is a two-stage munition.

The first-stage charge distributes an aerosol made up of very fine material – from a carbon-based fuel to tiny metal particles. A second charge ignites that cloud, creating a fireball, a huge shock wave, and a vacuum as it sucks up all surrounding oxygen.

The blast wave can last for significantly longer than a conventional explosive and is capable of vaporising human bodies.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/01/what-are-thermobaric-weapons-and-how-do-they-work

[mitch96]

15. That thing would make a hell of a IED... NT

[Goonch]

16. ;-{)🖖‍

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. Look at that mud.

Force them off the roads.

[DFW]

9. It looks like the description of the parking lot at the Frog and Peach

No wonder the thing was still there.

[CanonRay]

12. February is a stupid time to launch and attach in Ukraine

ask the ghost of Hans Guderian.

[mitch96]

14. "ask the ghost of Hans Guderian."... and he was a tank guy!! As many have said, I don't think

Putin expected this to go on for so long..
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[Leghorn21]

17. Hallelujah!! There were posts circulating yesterday saying the the Ukrainian ambassador,

Oksana Markarova, said this weapon had been used on Monday— even Bill Browder posted it as fact —

But she never said any such thing, so HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!

[electric_blue68]

18. Terrifying stuff but I'm so glad they got one, any way.

[roamer65]

19. Bravo!

Glory to Ukraine!