There is almost no problem a TOS-1A "Flame Thrower" can't solve.
Your man Meddy has talked about the TOS-1A before but not really giving it its due. I thought it just a high tech Grad system on tracks with new munitions that deliver a big punch.
Nope!
BIG NOPE!
Here is a video I recently found that shows the massive amount of punch the Flame Thrower actually has by just observing the concussion as it radiates outward from the blast zone.
Anything one of these missiles hits is dead. Full stop.
Tanks included.
Think what it would be like when one of those TOS-1A missiles just blows the shit out of your tank, or it just blows it over to make it a very silly looking turtle on its back with you still in it. SHUDDER
And that my friends is the under considered TOS-1A effect that many miss.
The SHUDDER factor.
Imagine being a Ukrainian soldier in a mutual supporting defensive network and you watch a TOS-1A roll up to, and go absolutely apeshit on, the defensive positions in front of you.
That's the SHUDDER factor.
This is the TOS-1A secret super power.
It is as much a psychological tool as it is one dangerous weapon system the WEST has nothing comparable in how it can be used as a line of site weapon system in support of attacking Russian troops in multiple battlefield combat conditions.
The TOS-1A is another example of the WEST no longer understanding or smugly ignoring what war would be like if it happened in Europe. When the Soviet Union fell, we as a nation moved more towards arming our military with light transportable weapons based on the type of warfare and enemy we would face in the future
NATO said: "Russia, Meh....
Wont have to worry about them anymore. All they have is junk, command is too ridged, and it has absolutely no imagination to modify its tactics and its equipment to fight on today's battle field."
Russia replied: "Wrong answer! Watch this."
Now NATO is not so smug anymore and definitely not liking what it is seeing.
Remember, USA/UK/Canada all helped to train and design the Ukrainian defense structure as well as supplied all those fancy Javelins that were to be the "game changer".
How is that working out for the Ukraine?
We need to wake up, and quickly.
In 1982 Judas Priest released "Screaming for Vengeance" and within one of Judas Priest's best albums the song "Electric Eye" was released. Here are the lyrics written by Rob Halford, Heavy Metal Prophet.
Up here in space
I'm looking down on you
My lasers trace
Everything you do
You think you've private lives
Think nothing of the kind
There is no true escape
I'm watching all the time
I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
I'm elected electric spy
I'm protected electric eye
Always in focus
You can't feel my stare
I zoom into you
You don't know I'm there
I take a pride in probing all your secret moves
My tearless retina takes pictures that can prove
I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
Electric eye, in the sky
Feel my stare, always there
There's nothing you can do about it
Develop and expose
I feed upon your every thought
And so my power grows
*I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
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This recent article by Forbes only touches on part of the problem facing the Ukraine and it Armor Units.
I am a former Heavy CAV M60A3 Tank Commander from the Cold War days. I trained to kill Soviet Armor in Europe. I do not claim to know it all but it does give me insight into these matters others do not have about these issues.
The real problem is addressed at the end of the article:
"Of course, it’s likely many tanks have sustained damage and await repair. Even so, Ukraine in theory has more tanks now than it did before the war.
But a tank without a trained crew is just a lump of metal and rubber. Thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of Ukraine’s best soldiers have been killed or wounded since Russia attacked in late February. Their skills and experience aren’t easy to replace."
The major problem the Ukrainians are facing when it come to tanks is lack of EXPERIENCED CREWS.
People in the WEST think ...
