Massive Fire On target! TOS1-A, BM-30 Smerch 9K58, Tornado-G, BM-27 Uragan in Action
BM30 - Smerch
The BM-30 Smerch (Russian: Смерч, "tornado", "whirlwind"), 9K58 Smerch or 9A52-2 Smerch-M is a Soviet heavy multiple rocket launcher. The system is intended to defeat personnel, armored, and soft targets in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots. It was designed in the early 1980s and entered service in the Soviet Army in 1989. When first observed by the West in 1983, it received the code MRL 280mm M1983. It continued in use by Russia; a program to replace it by the 9A52-4 Tornado was launched in 2018
BM21 - Grad The BM-21 "Grad" (Russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit. 'hail') is a Soviet truck-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launcher. The weapons system and the M-21OF rocket[11] were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first combat use in March 1969 during the Sino-Soviet border conflict. BM stands for boyevaya mashina (Russian: боевая машина – combat vehicle), and the nickname grad means "hail". The complete system with the BM-21 launch vehicle and the M-21OF rocket is designated[by whom?] as the M-21 field-rocket system. The complete system is more commonly known as a Grad multiple rocket launcher system. In NATO countries the system (either the complete system or the launch vehicle only) was initially known as M1964. Several other countries have copied the Grad or have developed similar systems.
9A52-4 Tornado The 9A52-4 Tornado is Russia's newest universal multiple rocket launcher. It was designed as a lightweight and universal version of the BM-30 Smerch, dubbed 9A52-2. It was first unveiled in 2007 as a more strategically and tactically mobile launcher, albeit at the expense of a slight reduction in firepower. This model is aimed at replacing the previous generation of Russian multiple rocket launchers, including BM-21 Grad, BM-27 Uragan and BM-30 Smerch. Currently the sole operator is Russian Ground Forces. A version will be approved for export.
TOS-1
TOS-1 (Rusia: ТОС-1 - тяжёлая огнемётная система, Inggris: Heavy Flamethrower System) adalah roket peluncur Soviet 220mm 30-barrel (sistem yang asli, Ob.634 atau TOS-1M) atau 24-barrel (Ob.634B atau KL-1A) dan beberapa senjata thermobaric dipasang di tangki chassis T-72. TOS-1 dirancang untuk mengalahkan personil musuh dalam benteng, di daerah yang terbuka, dan kendaraan lapis baja ringan dan transportasi. Tes tempur pertama terjadi pada tahun 1988-1989 di Lembah Panjshir selama perang Soviet di Afghanistan. TOS-1 ditunjukkan untuk pertama kalinya di depan umum pada tahun 1999 di Omsk.
TOS-1 tidak digunakan oleh unit artileri Angkatan Bersenjata Rusia, tetapi ditemukan dalam unit NBC pertahanan. (Rusia: войскa радиационной, химической и биологической защиты (РХБЗ))
