FPV drone blows up TOS-1A Solntsepyok in the Zaporizhzhia region

In the Zaporizhzhia region, a Ukrainian FPV drone completely destroyed a TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system.

The Security Service of Ukraine said that the combat operation had been conducted by their drone operators.

During the reconnaissance, the SSU officers recorded the position of the system, which was equipped with full ammunition and ready to fire.

The Russian system was moving in the dark to avoid detection and damage by drones.

However, the SSU is armed with the attack drones equipped with thermal imagers.

The drone operator managed to overtake the Russian system and hit the charged launcher.

As a result, a munition detonated, which exploded the Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok system with the crew.

“After a bright fireworks display, the crew disappeared along with the entire system,” the SSU said.

The occupiers actively use the Solntsepyok system to strike light armored vehicles, manpower, and to destroy fortifications.

Solntsepyok uses MO.1.01.04M 220mm thermobaric projectiles, which are 3,700 mm long and weigh 217 kg.

These unguided rockets consist of a thermobaric or incendiary warhead, a fuze, and a solid propellant rocket motor.

As a reminder, the Ukrainian military has repeatedly destroyed and captured these flamethrower systems and their transport and charging vehicles. Recently, ammunition for this heavy flamethrower system exploded in Shebekino, the Belgorod Oblast.