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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.
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.
The Uragan-1 was the first generation of a Soviet automatic air defense interception system, and was a component of the Soviet Air Defence Forces protivovozdushnaya oborona strany (PVO Strany). The concept began with a Soviet Council of Ministers resolution dated February 26, 1955 and the Ministry of Aviation Industry order dated March 8, 1955.
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 ...
BM-27 Uragan on ZIL-135. ZIL-4331. fire truck AC 3.2-40 (ZIL-4331) fire truck AC 3,0-40 (ZIL-4334) ZIL-5301 Bychok ("Bull") Buses. interurban bus ZIS-127 ZIL-119.
Examples of modern surface-to-surface rocket systems include the Soviet BM-27 Uragan and the American M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. In military parlance, a rocket differs from a missile primarily by lacking an active guidance system; early missiles became known as "guided rockets" or "guided missiles".