Military Vehicles

The BM-22 Uragan was one of the later generation of Soviet multiple rocket launchers.

It entered active service with Soviet artillery regiments and tank units in the mid-1970s.

Sixteen missiles can be launched in one salvo, the number of launch tubes configured 4-6-6 from top to bottom of the three-layer stack.

Reloading the entire system takes around 20 minutes.  Transportation is provided by a ZIL-135 8×8 truck chassis.

Designed in the ZIL Moscow Automobile Plant, the ZIL-135 was produced for various battlefield haulage tasks, particularly missile carriage. All of this include in military vehicles

It carried the Soviet Union’s first tactical battlefield missile system, the Luna, as well as the Uragan MLRS, and features a 70-ton carrying capacity.

Country of Origin     :Russia/Soviet Union
Crew                         :4
Weight                      :20,000kg (44,100lb)
Dimensions               :Length: 9.63m (31.59ft); width: 2.8m (9.19ft); height: 3.22m (10.56ft)
Range                       :570km (350miles)
Armour                     :Not applicable
Armament                :16 x 220mm (8.66in) rocket
Powerplant               :1 x ZIL-375 8-cylinder petrol, each developing 177hp (132kW)
Performance             :Maximum road speed: 65km/h (40mph);

In late 1942, the M-31 rocket was introduced to enhance the performance of the earlier M-8 and M-13 weapons.

These were deemed to contain too little explosive force, so whereas the M-13 had a 4.9kg (10.8lb) warhead, the M-31contained 28.9 kg (63.7lb) of explosive.

Mobile launchers for the M-31 did not emerge until March 1944.  The vehicles for the job were ZiS-6 6×6 or Studebaker US-6 6×6 trucks.

Twelve rockets were held in the rack mounted upon the rear.  While the US trucks received armoured shutters to protect the cab windows during firing, the Soviet vehicles tended to be naked against the backblast.

Over 1200 BM-31-12s were produced in 1944 alone, and another 600 in 1945.

Country of Origin    :Russia/Soviet Union
Crew                         :2
Weight                      :8900kg (19,600lb)
Dimensions              :Length: 6.55m (21.49ft); width: 2.24m (7.35ft); height: 3.2m (9.06ft)
Range                       :350km (220miles)
Armour :Not applicable
Armament                  :1 x M31 rocket-launcher system
Powerplant                 :1 x 6-cylinder petrol, developing 87hp (65kW)
Performance               :Maximum road speed: 70km/h (43mph);