BM-30 "Smerch"

The BM-30 Smerch (Tornado) or 9K58 is a Soviet multiple rocket launcher. The system is designed to defeat manpower, armored and soft-skinned materiel in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots. It was created in 1986 and entered service in the Soviet Army in 1989

Components:

 

rockets (in containers);

9A52-2 modernized launch vehicle;

transloader;

automated fire control equipment;

set of arsenal equipment;

training facilities.

The 300mm rockets with a firing range of 70 and 90 km and various warheads have been developed for the Smerch MLRS.

 

The 9A52-2 vehicle with the automated system ensures:

 

delivery of fire from an unsurveyed fire position;

laying of the launch tube cluster with the crew staying in the cabin and without using aiming points;

autonomous determination of an azimuth of the launch tube cluster’s longitudinal axis;

visual representation of graphical information for the launch tube cluster laying, the route of vehicle movement and location as well as a point of destination and direction of movement on the video terminal;

increase in MLRS survivability owing to reduced time of staying at a fire position;

increased comfort for the laying operator, especially in adverse weather conditions and at night;

increased independent operation owing to the navigation and survey equipment, which allows the vehicle to rapidly change fire positions and move autonomously;

reduction of the combat crew.

General characteristics

Chassis: MAZ-543M

Combat Weight: 43.7 t

Length: 12 m

Height: 3.05 m

Width: 3.05 m

Crew: 3 men

Emplacement Time: 3 min

Displacement Time: 2 min

Launcher: 9A52-2, 300-mm, 12 tubes

Launch Rate

Salvo Time: 12 rounds in 38 seconds

Reload Time: 20 min

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