The flamethrower tank for the 21st century
The article is about the first live-fire exercise for a Russian battalion equipped with the new Burning Sun system. It’s a 24-tube 220 mm direct-fire rocket launcher, armed with thermobaric warheads. The rocket box is carried by a turretless T-72 hull.
Herald had thought the shoulder-launched 90 mm RPO thermobaric weapon frightening enough. Trust the Russians to bring in an upgrade to warm the heart of Zhukov himself…