Don,
I did as deep a search as possible and this ties into the immediate last post.
TOS-1: I gave the option of 6/86 I have found ONLY one ref that offers any specific date and that only a year from the first ref below
"IOC 1985" a couple of these are Russian and support the Afghanistan combat role one says this was in
1989 (Second ref. note: it shows a TOS-1A video
BUT the write is for the TOS-1.) and that's it, I didn't read the USMC Gazette to see if they even gave that much.
http://www.deagel.com/Multiple-Launc...002564001.aspx
https://russianmilitaryphotos.wordpr...sting-grounds/
http://tanknutdave.com/the-russian-tos-1-mlrs/
TOS-1A: Here 2001 is the consensus year. However the ref gives a specific date of
04 April 2001 as an in service date.
http://tonnel-ufo.ru/eanglish/weapon...tem-tos-1a.php
I REALLY GOTTA FLY NOW!!
Regards,
Pat