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The BM-27 Uragan is capable of launching 220 mm rockets from 16 launch tubes mounted on the rear of a ZIL-135 8×8 chassis. [5] This vehicle is extremely similar to that used in the FROG-7 free flight rocket system.
27th Rocket Artillery Brigade "Petro Kalnyshevsky", Sumy. Brigade's Headquarters; 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 ...
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.
Valentyna Romanenko - Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 22:33 Ukrainian soldiers shared a video demonstrating the elimination of Russian Uragan self-propelled multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS). Source ...
In military terminology, a rocket is a self-propelled, unguided or guided, weapon-system powered by a rocket engine. Though used primarily as medium- and long-range artillery systems, historically rockets have also seen considerable use as air-to-surface weapons, some use as air-to-air weapons, and even (in a few cases) as surface-to-air devices.
Simultaneously, the designers at Motovilikha Plants explored the option of basing the system on the MZKT-7930 “Astrologer” chassis. After reviewing the projects, the Ministry of Defense chose the option of placing wheeled tractors on a chassis produced by the Minsk Plant. In this form, the new Uragan-1M MLRS entered testing.
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.
Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization.