Smerch on MAZ-543

[Hawk of prairie]

Some Hi-res of "smerch",base on MAZ-543 chassis,Hope you enjoy:)

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Thanks for watching!

[TheArmenian]

Great pics Hawk. Thanks for sharing.

I sure would not like to be at the receiving end of a volley of these Smerch rockets.

Apparently the range of these rockets have been extended to 90 km.

[MG 3]

Man do I want to drive those trucks.

Great pics!

[Lt.Havoc]

Yeah, Russians know how to build trucks, these things are huge! Wehn will the USA build an rocket launcher on thier M977 trucks? Its intresting to note, that there is also a mobile command post based on the same type of truck. I cant find the photo I had of it. Hmm.....was there ever a thread about mobile command posts and command vehicles?

[Morboute]

Just curious, what does "smerch" mean?

[Max Power9999]

Just curious, what does "smerch" mean?

tornado .......

[Ronguild]

SMERCH mean STORM or TEMPEST.
In the GRU world SMERCH was the abreviation of SMIR SPIONEN (not sure of the spelling, sorry), that is to say "mort aux espions(in french)" "death for the spies(in english)"
:fork:

[Angrykirill]

Twister/tornado.

[Hawk of prairie]

Great pics Hawk. Thanks for sharing.

I sure would not like to be at the receiving end of a volley of these Smerch rockets.

Apparently the range of these rockets have been extended to 90 km.
Glad you like it:)
I visit your MOD's official site yesterday,and saw some beautiful pics there,It's a pity that once again I notice that your multiluncher is not Russian!Possibly because it's expensive for you:( you are using chinese Type80 or something.

[Yaro]

Nice pics Hawk!

[calimero2]

Yeah, Russians know how to build trucks, these things are huge!

MAZ trucks are build in Minsk, Belarus.


SMERCH mean STORM or TEMPEST.
In the GRU world SMERCH was the abreviation of SMIR SPIONEN (not sure of the spelling, sorry), that is to say "mort aux espions(in french)" "death for the spies(in english)"
:fork:

Smert' shpionam = SMERSH (СМЕРШ). Tornado = Smerch (Смерч).

[Ronguild]

Thank you for the lesson, Calimero.
:oops:

[Hawk of prairie]

Nice pics Hawk!
Glad you like it:)


MAZ trucks are build in Minsk, Belarus
Yes,but MAZ is extremelly important to Russian army,since what on it always very important;)

[Lt.Havoc]

Didnt knew they are build in Belarus. Maybe I confused that with UAZ, but a lot of trucks that are used by the Russians come from the other ex-soviet nations. Still, MAZ trucks will be always acciocated with Russia.

[Ghelp]

Great photos.Are the first photos of a Smerch system in a museum.Still very capable.Thanks again.

[Angrykirill]

Great photos.Are the first photos of a Smerch system in a museum.Still very capable.Thanks again.

Yes the SPb (Saint-Petersburg) museum of artillery from what I can see.

[CHERK]

SMERCH mean STORM or TEMPEST.
In the GRU world SMERCH was the abreviation of SMIR SPIONEN (not sure of the spelling, sorry), that is to say "mort aux espions(in french)" "death for the spies(in english)"
:fork:

SMERSH wasn’t associated with GRU, it was quiet the opposite - Counterintelligence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterintelligence) Directorate.

MAZ – Minsk Automobile Factory.

[T-62]

I love those giant Maz trucks. I have a couple models of them.

[bengalraider]

man i so wish india had chosen the maz over the tatra for the indian version of smerch anyways here are some more great maz pics
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maz 7907 24x24 intended for the road mobile version of the ss-24 icbm

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http://denisovets.narod.ru/maz/mazprototips/MZKT79221_5.jpg

this one was for the topol-m

[gunman]

I can't see any picture, somebody can repost them?
Thks in advance

[soutikghosh]

Man do I want to drive those trucks.

Great pics!

You guys have those Chinese version of these trucks on which SHAHEEN is mounted. I guess driving experience of both will be same.