Blame America For Russia's City-Destroying TOS-1 Buratino Mortar
The Soviet Union adopted the weapons shortly after the United States did, using them in a border skirmish against the Chinese in 1969.
Sébastien Roblin holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. He has also worked in education, editing, and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. He currently writes on security and military history for War Is Boring. This first appeared in September 2016.
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