Question about Ukraine OOB...

[MarkSheppard]

Ran across something relatively new and recent for the Russian OBAT.

https://twitter.com/AndreiBtvt/statu...13509385392522

TOS-2 Tosochka in action in Ukraine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOS-2
https://tank-afv.com/coldwar/ussr/TOS-1-Buratino.php

For the TOS-2 Tosochka, they put a new rocket launcher (with it's own on board crane) onto a 6x6 Ural-63706-0120 chassis; combined with a newer longer range rocket.

Apparently the TOS-1A can fire three types of 220mm rockets:

The original TOS-1A had only a 2700m range with the MO.1.01.04 rocket.

This was later extended to 6000m range with the MO.1.01.04M rocket at an unspecified date.

In 2020, along with the TOS-2, they introduced a new rocket type - M0.1.01.04M2 (sometimes called TBS-M3?) which has a slightly heavier warhead and 10 km range to counter the longer ranges of modern ATGMs. However, minimum range rose from 400m to 1600m, so the shorter ranged MO.1.01.04M will continue in service for "short range" targets as necessary alongside the longer ranged rocket.