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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.
BM-27 Uragan: 220mm multiple rocket launcher Soviet Union: 60 [6] Range: 35–50 km [citation needed] BM-30 Smerch: 300mm multiple rocket launcher Soviet Union / Russia: 6 [6] Range: 90 km [citation needed] Self-propelled artillery 2S3 Akatsiya: 152 mm self-propelled howitzer Soviet Union: 16 [5] Uncertain status as 2024 [6] 2S1 Gvozdika
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 ...
Its purpose was to carry and launch a Luna-M (NATO: Frog-7) surface-to-surface artillery rocket. The ZIL-135 was widely exported to other communist countries, most notably North Korea, where it is a common sight in films and military marches. It also served as the TEL for the BM-27 Uragan artillery rocket system.
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).
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.
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.
Ukrainian 2S3 Acacia 152-millimeter self-propelled howitzer on parade in Kyiv in 2018. Note it’s tank-resembling configuration. The 2S3 has a maximum range of 11.5 miles using regular shells.