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ashes_to_ashes
03-23-2007, 09:39 PM
allah akbarp-)
http://218.1.68.252/Album/Upload_22/publicphotos/217_1406150.jpg
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theres no surprise there the Taliban use the same thing with the BM-21 rocket rounds they also mount the Mi-24 rocket pods on a small UAZ looking vehicle.
Aerosoul
03-23-2007, 10:00 PM
Quite a rocket to be hauling around. Can anyone give me the weapon's capablities?
Also I remember watching Russian news from the 1970's and the NVA and the Vietcong carried around the same kind of rockets but I believe they were BM-21 rockets.
Such one-missile launch tubes were also often self-produced and used in post-soviet GUS-conflicts. A simple tube with appropriate diameter is enough to launch a BM-21 round.
Alpheus
03-23-2007, 11:06 PM
Are those two wearing some kind of body armor? They look kinda like flak jackets I've seen in Vietnam war photos.
pedro_rafael
03-23-2007, 11:50 PM
As comparison - useful hopefully - the Peruvian Army has been using mobile rockets for 30 years now. Very useful when fighting high in the Andes.
Specially effective against Shining Path and MRTA.
Six-tube rocket launcher
http://armoreddefense.com/gallery/albums/Semper-Fidelis-EP/Expo_Mil_Agua_Dulce_2007_0004_mobile_rocket_launcher_six_tubes_courtesy_of_Cesar_Cruz.jpg
The army squads also use a 3 tube configuration. Bolt on and bolt off.
Regards,
KingoftheHill
03-23-2007, 11:52 PM
That's Hezbollah, they aren't a terrorist organization :roll:
pedro_rafael
03-23-2007, 11:55 PM
Don't get me wrong but i don't care if its HEzbollah or Mandrake.
A land too far away to bother with weird habits of weirder people.
Best regards,
it is a grad rocket... 122mm calibre, and weighing in at around 77kgs before launch of which about 19kgs is HE warhead. Old models have a range of about 20km but new models increase that to about 36km. There is also a smaller model with 11km range for use by rocket launchers for closer range targets. The single rocket launcher is standard Soviet special forces issue and was intended for several to be set up and fired at an area target like a fuel dump or airfield to soften the target.
calimero2
03-24-2007, 05:00 AM
The Soviet 9P132 a.k.a. "Grad-P" was produced from 1966 for export only. It fires the 9M28 rocket with a range of 10.8 km. Several countries have developed their own, slightly improved, versions, including Romania, China (Type 81 and Type 88), Iran (Hadid HM21) and Egypt (PRL-111). All these single barrel rocket launchers are of 122mm.
calimero2
03-24-2007, 05:01 AM
As comparison - useful hopefully - the Peruvian Army has been using mobile rockets for 30 years now. Very useful when fighting high in the Andes.
Specially effective against Shining Path and MRTA.
Six-tube rocket launcher
can you give use some more details please, like a name, calibre and range?
kilroy1911
03-24-2007, 12:53 PM
that launcher is pretty idiotic idea and it has no reason to exist on modern battlefields, even in various guerilla wars. The original idea behind Katyusha multiple rocket launchers was to fire multiple rockets to cover some area with fire, often fired from dozensof vehicles to the same target. Then you got pretty impressive firepower and also large scale devastation on the ground. If you wil fire just one rocket, there is no chance to hit a target. You can just fire it to the populated area and pray that you will hit something...
GiladS
03-24-2007, 01:01 PM
that launcher is pretty idiotic idea and it has no reason to exist on modern battlefields, even in various guerilla wars. The original idea behind Katyusha multiple rocket launchers was to fire multiple rockets to cover some area with fire, often fired from dozensof vehicles to the same target. Then you got pretty impressive firepower and also large scale devastation on the ground. If you wil fire just one rocket, there is no chance to hit a target. You can just fire it to the populated area and pray that you will hit something...
Several launchers can't get the same effect?
Either way it is effective as a tool in the hands of terrorist organizations (the smaller Kassam rockets have proven this alone). Four Grads have even been fired from within the Gaza Strip and into Israel.
pedro_rafael
03-24-2007, 01:41 PM
can you give use some more details please, like a name, calibre and range?
Suuuuuuuuure,
Nothing fancy, much less pancy.
Those are Instalaza rockets launchers (google, ETA to Info 5 to 10 minutes) the caliber is 88,9mm
3 tube config:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j88/chamotombo/lanzacohetes88.jpg
bolt off, carry on, bolt on. Or viceversa.
Best regards,
kilroy1911
03-25-2007, 04:51 AM
Several launchers can't get the same effect?
Either way it is effective as a tool in the hands of terrorist organizations (the smaller Kassam rockets have proven this alone). Four Grads have even been fired from within the Gaza Strip and into Israel.
several hundreds maybe...:-) The BM21 launcher has 40 tubes, one battalion consists of 18 vehicles - thats 720 rockets. There is no way to match it with these homemade launchers. An - you cannot aim very well, as i said before - you fire it agains a city and pray for a hit...
I admit that it must be quite scarry when used against civilians... like n Israel:-(
TheArmenian
03-25-2007, 04:55 AM
several hundreds maybe...:-) The BM21 launcher has 40 tubes, one battalion consists of 18 vehicles - thats 720 rockets. There is no way to match it with these homemade launchers. An - you cannot aim very well, as i said before - you fire it agains a city and pray for a hit...
I admit that it must be quite scarry when used against civilians... like n Israel:-(
You can also shoot one round to an airport and stop all air traffic...
TheArmenian
03-25-2007, 05:00 AM
The Soviet 9P132 a.k.a. "Grad-P" was produced from 1966 for export only. It fires the 9M28 rocket with a range of 10.8 km. Several countries have developed their own, slightly improved, versions, including Romania, China (Type 81 and Type 88), Iran (Hadid HM21) and Egypt (PRL-111). All these single barrel rocket launchers are of 122mm.
Photo of original GRAD-P
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5195/gradpyc2.jpg
calimero2
03-25-2007, 05:27 AM
Here's on in Pakistani service:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1323/rl122mmpak02isprut9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The SBRL might not be as aeffective as the BM-21, but it's a lot easier to carry around in the mountains :-)
calimero2
03-25-2007, 05:29 AM
Those are Instalaza rockets launchers (google, ETA to Info 5 to 10 minutes) the caliber is 88,9mm
Isn't the Instalaza 88.9mm a bazooka type of anti-tank rocket launcher?
If you wil fire just one rocket, there is no chance to hit a target. You can just fire it to the populated area and pray that you will hit something...
The purpose of the single round launcher is for use by several teams trying to take on an especially difficult to breach security compound. ie nuclear power station in time of war, or airfield used for nuclear bombers.
They wouldn't just fire one round, but would have several dozen set up around the place individually aimed. As you can probably see from the first photo the spiral groove in the tube indicates these rockets have spin stabilisation and are not inaccurate compared to other rockets. They are area weapons but are not indiscriminate. Against an airfield with a cluster munition warhead leaving mines and explosive charges would stop operations for several hours while the runway was cleared.... and all this from up to 20km away from the target area. Equaly they could be used with incendiary rockets to start fires in forests or in fields, or simply HE charges to deprive a base of sleep... firing one every half hour over night to keep everyone awake so that the dawn raid can be more successful or whatever.
They are small enough for a group of 2 or 3 to move around the place and operate. You could carry 10 rockets around in a van wrapped in vinyl or carpet...
alakdan
03-27-2007, 12:56 PM
just an Off topic...
it seems that head band and arm band are photoshop...
http://218.1.68.252/Album/Upload_22/publicphotos/217_1406153.jpg
anyway who cares...
jojo
theres no surprise there the Taliban use the same thing with the BM-21 rocket rounds they also mount the Mi-24 rocket pods on a small UAZ looking vehicle.
That is really interesting, you got any pics of the latter?
That's Hezbollah, they aren't a terrorist organization :roll:
They are where I live.
Yes, they should be green. Unless they are the first islamistic communist guerillas in the world :) .
@Eggy: The picture was from artillery of the world over 300 of the best artillery systems/pieces. I can try and upload it whenever I can.
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