Editing Flamethrower (section)

==== Russo-Ukrainian War ====
On 8 February 2017, separatist leader [[Mikhail Tolstykh|Mikhail 'Givi' Tolstykh]] was killed when an [[RPO-A Shmel]] rocket-assisted flamethrower was fired at his office in [[Donetsk]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 February 2017 |title=Site of "DPR" militant chief Givi assassination |url=https://www.unian.info/multimedia/photo/70826-mesto-likvidatsii-givi.html |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=www.unian.info |language=en}}</ref>

On 21 November 2022, nine months into the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Russian sources claim that artillery and "[[TOS-1|heavy flamethrowers]]" were employed against a Ukrainian concentration of troops near [[Kupiansk|Kupyansk]], [[Kharkiv Oblast]].<ref name="tass.com"/> Russian sources use the term "heavy flamethrowers" to describe [[TOS-1]] multiple [[Thermobaric weapon|thermobaric]] rocket launchers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A {{!}} Rosoboronexport |url=http://roe.ru/esp/catalog/las-fuerzas-de-tierra/sistemas-de-misiles-mlrs-atra-y-ca%C3%B1ones-de-artiller%C3%ADa-de-campo/tos-1a/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=roe.ru}}</ref>