Ukraine troops blast Russian targets with new heavy rocket launchers

The U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty launched a video exhibiting the fight work of latest Ukrainian-made 220mm heavy rocket launchers.

In keeping with RFE/RL, Ukrainian Troopers simply shell Russian targets with model new Bureviy 220mm rocket artillery methods.

The Bureviy is a contemporary model of the Soviet-era BM-27 Uragan a number of rocket launchers developed by the Ukrainian protection trade. It’s a self-propelled a number of rocket launcher that may hearth all of the 220mm rockets together with 9M27F HE-Frag (Excessive Explosive Fragmentation), and the unguided rockets 9M27K loaded with fragmentation sub-munitions, 9M59, and 9M27K2.

Every rocket weighs 280.4 kilograms. The warheads weigh between 90 and 100 kilograms, relying on kind. A full salvo of 16 rockets may be fired in 20 seconds and may have interaction targets inside a variety of 35 kilometers.

The brand new artillery system is absolutely designed and produced in Ukraine. It’s based mostly on a Czech-made Tatra 8×8 T815-7T3RC1 chassis and is provided with an armored cab.

The heavy rocket launcher additionally acquired a digital hearth management system able to goal sharing. This enables the Bureviy to be included in a single reconnaissance and strike circuit, when data from reconnaissance autos, reminiscent of UAVs, is transmitted on-line to the technique of destruction. This minimizes the time from goal detection to destruction in minutes.