TOS-2


The TOS-2 is a Russian multiple rocket launcher capable of using thermobaric warheads, mounted on a 3-axle truck chassis. TOS-2 was designed to attack enemy fortified positions and lightly armoured vehicles and transports, in open terrain in particular.

History

On 12 January 2018, it was announced that NPO Splav was working on a prototype of a next generation TOS-1 system for preliminary tests. The system with improved tactical and technical characteristics will be made on a wheeled chassis.
The new TOS-2 system was first unveiled during the 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade, and further showcased during the Kavkaz-2020 drills in September 2020. It is equipped with a more powerful TBS-M3 rocket and its own crane. It has also an increased range and is protected from precision weapons. The system uses the 6x6 Ural-63706-0120 all-terrain vehicle instead of the tracked armored chassis of the TOS-1A.
The TOS-2 entered service with the Central Military District on 6 January 2021.
In late May 2022, TASS reported that the system was deployed in Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In October 2023, the TOS-2 system was sighted in the area surrounding Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast. It was reported in August 2024 that the range of the system has been extended, up to 20 km. Supplies of a masking coating began in October 2024.
On 14 February 2025, it was claimed that the first Russian TOS-2 MLRS was destroyed by artillery fire in the "Pokrovsk region"., OSINT defense analysis website Oryx lists one TOS-2 as destroyed and one as damaged.

Munitions

  • The MO.1.01.04 are long and weigh. The original rocket for the TOS-1A had a range of only. Modernized systems with active protection, new engine and launchers and other improvements were delivered in early 2018.
  • The MO.1.01.04M rocket is long and weighs. This version extends the range to. The system was modernized in 2016.
  • The M0.1.01.04M2 rocket was upgraded in March 2020 to a heavier thermobaric warhead and better 10km range, to operate outside the range of modern ATGMs.