Source: Military Weapons
The Polonez Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) is a Belarusian 300 mm rocket artillery system of a launcher unit comprising 8 rockets packaged in two four-rocket pods mounted on a MZKT-7930 vehicle. In 2018, it was exported to Azerbaijan.
MLRS was designed by the Belarusian Plant of Precision Electromechanics in cooperation with a foreign country, probably China. The first combat missile launches were carried out in China. The Belarussian army is armed with it. The upgraded Polonez-M has passed all trials and has been accepted into service by the Belarusian army as of May 2019. Its supplies have already begun.
Type: Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin: Belarus
In service: 2016 – present
Designed: 2014
Produced: 2014 – present
Caliber: 300 mm (12 in)
Barrels: 8
Maximum firing range: 200 km (120 mi)
Guidance System:
global navigation satellite system (GNSS) / inertial navigation system (INS)
