Syrian opposition forces have captured two launchers and a transport and loading vehicle belonging to the BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher system, which were in the possession of Bashar al ...

BM-30 Smerch The BM-30 Smerch, a Soviet-made multiple rocket launcher, entered service in 1989. It can launch 12 rockets, each 300mm in diameter. Weighing 43.7 tons (43,700 kg), the vehicle is 12 ...

A US Navy veteran compares the best multiple launcher rocket systems from the US and UK, detailing HIMARS and the BM-30 Smerch. More from Explainers A US Navy veteran compares the best multiple ...

MRLS and HIMARS — and newer Russian models such as the BM-30 Smerch — are the Katyusha's smarter cousins. Today's multiple rocket launchers are sophisticated, highly computerized, and more ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

A photograph taken on July 3, 2022 shows an tail section of a 300mm rocket which appear to contained cluster bombs launched from a BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher embedded in the ground ...

Russian occupiers attacked the city of Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast with Smerch multiple rocket launchers, killing a man and injuring nine others. Source: statement by Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the ...

African nations have been building up their military arsenals with multiple launch rocket ... on the Soviet BM-21 Grad Egypt owns one of the more advanced systems in the BM-30 Smerch Also ...

When Russia launched its attack in February, the Soviet-era artillery used by Ukraine's military was outranged by newer Russian weapons such as the BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher ...

Ukrainian fighters from the 63rd Separate Mechanised Brigade Steel Lions unit tracked and destroyed a rare Russian Smerch-2 anti-submarine rocket launcher in the forests on the Lyman front using UAVs.

The Indian Army seeks to extend the life of 300 mm rockets used with the BM-30 Smerch Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). In the image, the employees of Russian arms company Splav can be seen ...