SOVIET TOS-1 24 BARREL MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER TANK - 1990

Description

TOS-1 is a Soviet 220mm 30-barrel (original system, Ob.634 or TOS-1M) or 24-barrel (Ob.634B or TOS-1A) multiple rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon mounted on a T-72 tank chassis. TOS-1 was designed for defeating enemy personnel in fortifications, in open country, and in lightly armoured vehicles and transport. First combat tests took place in 1988-1989 in the Panjshir Valley during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The TOS-1 was shown for the first time in public in 1999 in Omsk. The TOS-1 is not used by the artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces but is found in NBC defense units. (Scale : 1/35e)