Vilkha MLRS

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Ukraine armed forces use local-made Vilkha 300mm rocket launcher to fight Russian troops | Ukraine - Russia conflict war 2022 | analysis focus army defence military industry army

Ukraine armed forces use local-made Vilkha 300mm rocket launcher to fight Russian troops

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Citing information from the Ukrainian defense industry, the rocket used by the Vilkha is able to reach a range of up to 300 km. It can fire 12 missiles in 45 seconds and engage the targets with a circular error probability (CEP) of less than 30 m.

 

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Ukraine Is Using Guided Rockets With More Range Than HIMARS-Launched Ones

Though produced in small numbers, the Vilkha-M can reach targets 68-miles away with a much larger warhead than the M31s fired by HIMARS.

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I've read 300km elsewhere. Wiki seems to state 130km for the Vilkha-M and 141km for the M2.

130km for Vikha-M here also.

Vilkha M Multiple Launch Rocket System

Vilkha M is a new MLRS developed by the State Kyiv Design Bureau "Luch", in collaboration with other public and private Ukrainian defence companies.

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Gas rudders on the Vilkha-M rocket help guide the warhead onto the target via GPS. (Photo courtesy of Ivan Vinnyk)

 

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Interesting that it uses divert engines instead of fins for maneuvering.

 

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I guess they thought it was easier than putting in actuators for the control fins and wires for the electronics down to the fins. The warhead size was reduced from 250kg down to 170kg for -M/M2 version, so this would have provided the space near the nose to stick in the gas actuators, making the job easier.