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The BM-27 Uragan (Russian: БМ-27 Ураган, lit. 'Hurricane'; GRAU index 9P140) is a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union to deliver cluster munitions. The system began its service with the Soviet Army in the late 1970s, and was its first spin and fin stabilized heavy multiple rocket launcher.
On 7 March 2022 at 05:15, Russian forces launched BM-27 Uragan missiles and struck a Ukrainian army barracks of the 79th Air Assault Brigade, [1] killing ten soldiers and wounding dozens. [2] The Major of Mykolaiv said that the attack on 05:15 on the military barracks, killed eight soldiers and wounded 19, while another eight were missing.
1st Rocket Artillery Battalion (BM-27 Uragan, M142 HIMARS) 2nd Rocket Artillery Battalion (BM-27 Uragan, M142 HIMARS) 3rd Rocket Artillery Battalion (BM-27 Uragan, M142 HIMARS) 4th Rocket Artillery Battalion (BM-27 Uragan, M142 HIMARS) Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion; 41st Guard Battalion. Formed in 2014 as 41st Territorial Defense Battalion.
UASOF Intelligence helped artillery to eliminate Russian Uragan rocket launchers. Ukrayinska Pravda. Ukrayinska Pravda. July 5, 2022 at 3:33 PM. Valentyna Romanenko — Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 22:33.
On 20 May, Russian forces again shelled several villages in the Kharkiv district, including the city of Kharkiv itself, using BM-21 Grad, BM-27 Uragan and BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launchers. [ 149 ] [ 150 ] On 21 May, the Ukrainian police confirmed the recovery of the bodies of six military officials, including a Russian colonel , in the ...
On 27 July 2022, thousands of miniature plastic antipersonnel PFM-1 mines were dispersed over civilian areas of the Russian held city of Donetsk by a BM-27 Uragan multiple rocket launcher. This resulted in a number of people being injured, most prominently Semen Pegov, a Russian war blogger calling himself "War Gonzo". [157]
The 9A52-4 Tornado system is a lightweight rocket launcher. There are two other systems. A modular MLRS based on the MZKT-79306 truck, which can carry two BM-27 Uragan or BM-30 Smerch launcher modules, and one based on the Kamaz 6×6 truck. The "Tornado-G" system is an upgrade package for the existing BM-21 Grad.
According to the state armament program of the Russian Federation, two regimental sets of Uragan-1M MLRS were to enter service with the ground forces in 2017. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In December 2023, NPO Splav announced the start of deliveries of the Uragan-1M MLRS to the Russian troops participating in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine .