The Russian-made TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system has been spotted near Palmyra during the recent government advance in the countryside of the ancient city.
A media activist, Ivan Sidorenko, has released 3 photos depicting Syrian troops with the Russian-supplied heavy flamethrower system in the area of Palmyra. The system was reportedly used during the governmnent advance against ISIS in the area of the Palmyra silos.
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I’ve seen it already on the other video from Palmira front posted by AMN. However it was a short sequence. Very important piece of equipment. Iraqi army has been using it all the way through in its combat against ISIS. It has been used in Donbas too. Very lethal. It doesn’t require any special skills to operate compared to Grad multi rocket launcher. In other words no need for long and extended training of the crew. Ready to use it. Latakia front has seen one of them also.
Perfect for the Syrians to use without supervision.
Hahahahhha I love it!!! FRY EM (DAESH)!!!!!
‘Unguided Rockets’ – it looks exceptionally dangerous and I would imagine there is a high probability of error if somebody makes a mistake in targeting. Having said that though, these guys have been taking it to ISIS longer than anyone and they deserve to have decent equipment to help their cause.
I would imagine there are plenty of ‘Allahu Akbars’ shouted in jubilation when they watch a stream of rocket propelled death propel towards those degenerate scum. They deserve every one of the rockets this fires and more.
It really is a shame that they can’t be supplied with something a little less primitive and trained to use better guided systems that have a bit more accuracy though. This thing just looks like an updated version of the old ‘Stalins Organs’ Katyusha rockets.
ISIS aren’t degenerate scum, they are US head-chopping, heart-eating raper proxies; the degenerate scum are the Washington barbarians who pay them.
Thermobaric weapons are anything but primitive.
Modern day ballistic computers are very accurate. Rocket systems for “area covering” are always unguided, and they got to have “built in dispersion” in order to cover area effectively.
Even Katyusha rockets would not be obsolete in a war like this, considering the home-made stuf that is in use.
I poop on all of them