Best MRLS - photos!?

[SerbPVO]

I nominate M-87 "ORKAN"


The M-87 Orkan is a Serbian 12 tube 262 mm MRL that was jointly developed with Iraq. It is in service in Iraq under the name Ababil-50. The M-87 has a range of about 50 km.


http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/orkan1.jpg

http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/orkan2.jpg

http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/orkan3.jpg

http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/orkan4.jpg

http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/orkan5.jpg

http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/orkan6.jpg

http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/orkan7.jpg

[mustamato]

Looks quite interesting. I know that the Finns have a bunch (was it 70 systems,
hmhm, or something like that) of the 122 mm RM-70, and is pleased with the
performance of it. However they want something with a larger calibre, that
can deliver submunitions as well.

M-87 "Orkan" seems to be something like that. But the truck could be armoured
to give protection against shrapnels atleast. And NATO standardized calibre
as well, then were are talking. The Finns could quite easily build something
similar themselves, using in example the technology from the MTO-85 system
in use to fire anti-ship missiles.

http://www.mil.fi/maavoimat/kalustoesittely/pics/sivu155.jpg
MTO-85

http://www.artreg.mil.se/images/local/dumpersida.jpg
Swedish Haubits 77 B Dumper/L45, the howitzer could be changed to MRL-tubes,
vehicles like this is quite common in the forest industry, so a lot of civilian spare parts
etc could be used.

[Hate mail]

In the summer of 1991., Yugoslav Federal Army intercepted/seized a Lebanese (I think) ship at the Ploce harbor on the Adriatic coast, which was carrying thousands of GRAD 122mm missiles intended for Croatian irregular forces, probably from places like Iran and Eastern Europe.

Then they made a smart engineering adjustment to some of our "OGANJ" 128mm MLRSs, so they could fire 122mm stuff.

[mustamato]

Then they made a smart engineering adjustment to some of our "OGANJ" 128mm MRLSs, so they could fire 122mm stuff.

Like what, put a barrel inside the barrel? Hm, that is why small countries always
should use the calibre of the enemy, so that captured stuff can be used :)

[Hate mail]

Yes, an inside barrel.

Like during training, when you shoot from an old US tank, only the training round is 20mm caliber rather than 82 or 90mm, as it also goes through one of those "embedded" barrels.

[Hate mail]

By the way, our "OGANJ" 128mm MLRS is a badass piece of weaponry.

I've seen it fire on the enemy, I've been fired upon with it (as many of those systems were captured by the Croatians from the garrisons of the YU army there), I've seen what it does.

Scary ****.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/m-77.htm

[mustamato]

Yes, an inside barrel.

Like during training, when you shoot from an old US tank, only the training round is 20mm caliber rather than 82 or 90mm, as it also goes through one of those "embedded" barrels.

Old US tank? :D

It´s used very much still today, in example on the Swedish Leopard 2´s, and
they are not very old. It´s simply a matter of economy. As for the AT-4 anti-
tank weapon, well very few people in Sweden gets to shoot a real one, must
gets to shoot dozens and dozens of 20 mm minigrenades in a inside barrel.

http://www.mds.mil.se/goteborgsgruppen/images/local/040307instrutb4.jpg
20 mm practice version, the beauty is that the round has the exactly
same ballistics as the real thing, thus it´s quite realistic, it has tracer etc.

Oganj, it´s the same as BM-21 Grad pretty much?

[Hate mail]

When I was in "boot camp" training, they took us one day to a mountain range many miles outside the town to fire from a 1940s US tank (82mm).

Former Yugoslavia had hundreds of those, as they were given to us by the Americans after 1948, because we resisted Stalin.

[deutschersoldat]

this is a german mars, in usa it is called mlrs


http://www.bundeswehr.de/pic/wir/040112_500_pk_mars.jpg

http://www.panzer-modell.de/referenz/in_detail/mars/Bild144g.jpg

http://www.panzerbaer.de/guns/pix/bw_rakwrf_mars-032.jpg

http://www.waffenhq.de/panzer/mars-05.jpg

[Russian Texan]

Smerch 300mm MLRS

Minimum range 20km
Maximum range 70km

http://www.rusarm.ru/Images/Smerch3.jpg

http://www.rusarm.ru/Images/Smerch4.jpg

http://www.rusarm.ru/Images/Smerch2.jpg

Video
http://www.aviation.ru/www.rusarm.ru/video/9K58_Smerch_MLRS.wmv

[Stavka]

That Smerch thing is a beauty! :lol:


Speaking of AT-4: I got to fire one, nah nah nah nah rofl

[RomanS]

SMERCH

ohhh yeaaaahhh

Chechen terrorists always nervous when they hear the sound of Smerch

[Herrmannek]

How accurate "mlrs" are?

[fdt]

Then they made a smart engineering adjustment to some of our "OGANJ" 128mm MRLSs, so they could fire 122mm stuff.

Like what, put a barrel inside the barrel? Hm, that is why small countries always
should use the calibre of the enemy, so that captured stuff can be used :)WRONG!! They always should use a bit larger calibre (for artillery 76 mm recoiless is 0,1 mm). Trick is You can use enemy's ammo, he can't use Yours captured. It's the useful feature in hard terrain - mountain or jungle partizan wars.

[Operation Ivy]

Im gonna love this thread :D

woot MLRS
http://www.haaland.info/norway/army/bilder/mlrs-2.jpg

http://www.bulba.eu.org/mil/free/mlrs/mlrs(5).jpg

http://www.usma.edu/dmi/MT/Branches/FA/Mlrs2.gif

http://www.pancerni.to2.pl/zestrakiet/mlrs.jpg

Awsome!
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/mlrs/images/mlrs18.jpg

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/mlrs/images/mlrs4.jpg

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/mlrs/images/mlrs6.jpg

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/photos/gulf_war/058_08.jpg

[Steve Railsback]

[quote="Operation Ivy"]Im gonna love this thread :D

Awsome!
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/mlrs/images/mlrs18.jpg

I'm giving my vote to the MLRS, it's just so ****ing awsome!!!
woot woot woot

[Hate mail]

Yeah. Especially when you've been in the theater of combat operations for 24 hours, sleeping in some old lady's wooden cabin at 5:00 am on a dull december morning, only to hear one fire the entire salvo of 32 missiles from a field 40 meters away (not even knowing one was there). :)

I thought it was our own jets bombarding us or something. rofl

[MaDuce]

Stalin Organ=Win
http://www.military.cz/panzer/tanks/soviet_union/katusa/image/katusa_1.jpg

[RomanS]

The American MRLS is a one sweet looking babe

[RuSoKaR]

what? :cantbeli: :cantbeli: :cantbeli:

you forgot about Tos-1 woot

http://pvo.guns.ru/weapon/images/mdf34921.jpg

http://pvo.guns.ru/weapon/images/200007_08_01/tos.jpg

but there aren't too many picts of it :( [/img]

[haze99]

Yes, Finland(?) obtained RM-70's from the former East German Army. The RM -70 is a Czechoslovak produced 122mm MRL. (Sorry, don't have any images of it, to post!)
Greece obtained a number of East German RM-70's too. Indonesia has some, but I believe these came from the Czech or Slovak Republics?

[Yard Ape]

HIMARS
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/himars12.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/himars4.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/himars-980730-A-0089G-003.jpg

MLRS
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/mlrs-DASC8409096_JPG.jpg

[DeutschBrasilianisch]

Astros II (Artillery Saturation Rocket System)

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/astros/images/astros1.jpg

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/astros/images/astros7.jpg

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/astros/images/astros5.jpg

http://www2.janes.com/public/defpicgal/20020116.jpg

http://www.defesanet.com.br/noticia/armasbrazil/Image25.gif

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/astros/images/astros4.jpg

http://www.defesanet.com.br/desertstorm/fotos/astros.jpg

Astros-III
http://veiculosmilitares.vila.bol.com.br/brasil/Astros-III.JPG

[He219]

Remember these from March 1st?

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040301/t/r3900439217.jpghttp://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040301/t/r1181779260.jpghttp://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3029677.jpg?x=x&a=3029677&b=afp&t=1http://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3029644.jpg?x=x&a=3029644&b=afp&t=1http://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3029635.jpg?x=x&a=3029635&b=afp&t=1

http://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3029687.jpg?x=x&a=3029687&b=afp&t=1http://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3029686.jpg?x=x&a=3029686&b=afp&t=1http://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3029777.jpg?x=x&a=3029777&b=afp&t=1http://cache.*****images.com/thumb/3029768.jpg?x=x&a=3029768&b=afp&t=1

http://cache.*****images.com/comp/3029644.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=18D4FCD9EB7D70EF12D39493D9148EE5

MAHAJAN FIRING RANGE, INDIA: An Indian army Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher fires a salvo during a Indian Army and Air Force fire power demonstration at Mahajan Firing Range, Rajasthan,some 530 kms west of New Delhi,01 March 2004. Indian Defence Forces displayed their latest infantry weapons and tanks during the demonstration for media representatives. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/***** Images)

[mustamato]

Aaah, HIMARS, given that the Finns seems to be pleased with their RM-70´s
and are looking for something similar, this could very well be what they end up
buying. In Finland the MRL´s is used in batteries organized under a army corp, so
their main role is to support the brigades in combat, and well simply the ability
to deliver submunitions would be nice. Difficult with "small" 122 mm rockets,
easier with something as the HIMARS:

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/himars/images/HIMARS_13.jpg
HIMARS

http://www2.mil.fi/maavoimat/joukot/tykpr/122_rakh_89.jpg
RM-70 already used, the similarities is quite obvious

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/himars/images/himars7.jpg
HIMARS firing the ATACMS that has a range of 300 km

[GazB]

Actually the Smerch has a max range of 90km... not 70km.

There is talk of fitting the rockets with winglets to increase range by at least 40%.

The 300mm Smerch is capable of carrying submunition rounds and lots of other types of warhead including guided anti tank submunitions (MMW radar guided with SFF warheads), as well as FAE and various chem and bio warhead types.

[tenda]

Smerch 300mm MLRS

Minimum range 20km
Maximum range 70km

http://www.rusarm.ru/Images/Smerch3.jpg

http://www.rusarm.ru/Images/Smerch4.jpg

http://www.rusarm.ru/Images/Smerch2.jpg

Video
http://www.aviation.ru/www.rusarm.ru/video/9K58_Smerch_MLRS.wmv
........... from russia.........with love...... ;)

[FDF_Hemppis]

My vote goes for this one:

http://www.pulju.net/shop/images/vekottimet/missile_launcher2_2.gif

This just has to be the most useful toy, ever :D

[Marmot1]

Then they made a smart engineering adjustment to some of our "OGANJ" 128mm MRLSs, so they could fire 122mm stuff.

Like what, put a barrel inside the barrel? Hm, that is why small countries always
should use the calibre of the enemy, so that captured stuff can be used :)WRONG!! They always should use a bit larger calibre (for artillery 76 mm recoiless is 0,1 mm). Trick is You can use enemy's ammo, he can't use Yours captured. It's the useful feature in hard terrain - mountain or jungle partizan wars.

So now I get why fins use some soviet tanks - to have crews prepared to use captured equpment just like last time ;)