Identified munition
Weaponized Drone
UAV
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Land artillery
UAV event in Luhansk, Luhansk area, Ukraine on Sun 3rd September 2023
3rd September 2023
In Luhansk region, Ukrainian drone operators destroyed Russia’s Solntsepyok flamethrower system worth $3 million. That’s according to Artem Lysohor, the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, who reported the news on Telegram, Ukrinform saw. "The 92 Separate Assault Brigade’s Achilles Company operating unmanned attack aircraft systems used an FPV drone to destroy a TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system worth $3 million," Lysohor noted. He noted that the system’s crew was also eliminated in the strike. TOS-1A Solntsepyok is a 220mm heavy salvo flamethrower system, mounted on the T-72 tank chassis. The system fires off 3700mm-long thermobaric unguided rockets, weighing 217 kg each.
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Ukraine (UKR)
Luhansk ( Luhansk area )
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