Grad-armed Sea Baby dronesRocket-armed unmanned surface vesselSide: UkraineBuilt: Security Service of Ukraine / UkraineGrad-armed Sea Baby drones are Ukrainian Security Service unmanned surface vessels adapted from the Sea Baby naval drone into a reusable coastal-strike platform. The variant replaces or supplements the explosive-boat role with a compact launcher for 122 mm Grad rockets, allowing Ukrainian operators to fire from the sea at shore targets such as Russian positions on the Kinburn Spit while retaining the Sea Baby platform's long range and high-speed unmanned surface-vehicle profile.Tag archive
rocket artillery Weapon Systems
Weapon systems and military equipment tagged rocket artillery.
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Aircraft & UAVs
Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.
Grad-armed Sea Baby dronesRocket-armed unmanned surface vesselSide: UkraineBuilt: Security Service of Ukraine / UkraineGrad-armed Sea Baby drones are Ukrainian Security Service unmanned surface vessels adapted from the Sea Baby naval drone into a reusable coastal-strike platform. The variant replaces or supplements the explosive-boat role with a compact launcher for 122 mm Grad rockets, allowing Ukrainian operators to fire from the sea at shore targets such as Russian positions on the Kinburn Spit while retaining the Sea Baby platform's long range and high-speed unmanned surface-vehicle profile.Category
Artillery
Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.
Tornado-G122 mm multiple launch rocket systemSide: RussiaBuilt: Splav Scientific Production Enterprise / RussiaThe Tornado-G is Russia's 9K51M 122 mm multiple launch rocket system, a modernized Grad-family launcher with automated laying and fire-control equipment intended to shorten setup, firing, and displacement times for rocket artillery units. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears as a Russian-operated fire-support system, with documented battlefield losses and captures.
BM-21 Grad122 mm multiple rocket launcherSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Motovilikha Plants / Soviet defense industry / Soviet Union / RussiaThe BM-21 Grad is a Soviet 122 mm multiple rocket launcher built around a 40-tube launcher on a wheeled truck chassis. In the Russia-Ukraine War it remains a common area-fire system on both sides, valued for rapid salvos and mobility but dependent on shoot-and-scoot tactics because the launcher is carried on an unarmored truck.
RM-70 Vampire122 mm self-propelled multiple launch rocket systemSide: UkraineBuilt: Excalibur Army / Czech RepublicThe RM-70 Vampire is a Czech modernization of the Czechoslovak RM-70 Grad-family multiple launch rocket system, pairing a forty-tube 122 mm launcher with a Tatra 815-7 8x8 chassis and an automatic reload pack. In Ukrainian service it provides mobile area-fire and counter-battery rocket artillery during the Russia-Ukraine War.
BM-27 Uragan220 mm self-propelled multiple launch rocket systemSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Splav State Research and Production Enterprise / Soviet Union / RussiaThe BM-27 Uragan is a Soviet 220 mm wheeled multiple launch rocket system built around a 16-tube launcher on the ZIL-135LM chassis. Its heavier rockets give it greater payload and range than BM-21 Grad-class systems, with warhead options including high-explosive fragmentation, cluster, and mine-scattering rounds. In the Russia-Ukraine War it remains a legacy heavy rocket artillery system used for area fires, minelaying, and counter-battery targets by forces that inherited or captured Uragan-family stocks.
Bureviy220 mm self-propelled multiple launch rocket systemSide: UkraineBuilt: Shepetivka Repair Plant / UkraineBureviy is a Ukrainian 220 mm multiple launch rocket system that modernizes the BM-27 Uragan concept with a Tatra T815-7 8x8 chassis, digital fire-control equipment, and compatibility with Uragan-family rockets. Built by Shepetivka Repair Plant, it gives Ukrainian artillery a more mobile and networked heavy rocket launcher while retaining the 16-tube 220 mm rocket package used for area fires.
TOS-1A Solntsepyok220 mm thermobaric multiple rocket launcherSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Omsktransmash (Uralvagonzavod) / RussiaThe TOS-1A Solntsepyok is a Russian tracked heavy flamethrower system that functions as a short-range thermobaric multiple rocket launcher. Built around a BM-1 launcher on a tank chassis with transporter-loaders, it fires unguided 220 mm rockets to support infantry and armor against fortified positions, vehicles, and troops in cover. In the Russia-Ukraine War it has been documented in Russian service near the front line, where its short range creates both destructive local effects and high vulnerability to Ukrainian targeting.
TRLG-230230 mm laser-guided artillery rocketSide: UkraineBuilt: Roketsan / TurkeyThe TRLG-230 is Roketsan's 230 mm laser-guided artillery rocket for the company's multi-caliber launcher family, combining coordinate guidance with terminal laser designation for precision strikes out to about 70 km. In the Russia-Ukraine War, open-source reporting has identified the system as a Turkish-supplied Ukrainian precision-fires capability, distinct from standard GPS-guided rockets because its laser seeker can be used against designated point targets.
Vilkha300 mm guided multiple launch rocket systemSide: UkraineBuilt: State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch / UkraineVilkha is a Ukrainian 300 mm guided rocket artillery system derived from the BM-30 Smerch family and modernized around domestically produced precision rockets. Built by State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch and associated Ukrainian defense enterprises, it gives Ukrainian rocket artillery a heavier, longer-range precision-fire option than standard unguided Smerch ammunition, with Vilkha-M extending the family beyond the baseline rocket's range.
BM-30 Smerch300 mm heavy multiple launch rocket systemSide: RussiaBuilt: Splav State Research and Production Association / RussiaThe BM-30 Smerch, also designated 9K58, is a Soviet-designed heavy multiple launch rocket system built around a 12-tube 300 mm launcher on an 8x8 wheeled chassis. Its long-range rockets can carry high-explosive, cluster, and thermobaric warheads, making it a deep-fire artillery system rather than a front-line direct-fire weapon. In the Russia-Ukraine War, documented Russian use of 9M55K Smerch cluster rockets has tied the system to attacks on Ukrainian urban areas including Kharkiv and Mykolaiv.
Tornado-S300 mm multiple launch rocket systemSide: RussiaBuilt: NPO Splav / Motovilikha Plants / RussiaTornado-S, also known as the 9K515 MLRS, is Russia's modernized 300 mm successor to the BM-30 Smerch, adding automated fire-control and GLONASS-aided guided rockets for longer-range precision fires. In the Russia-Ukraine War it has been documented through recovered 9M54-series guided munition remnants and reported launcher losses, making it one of Russia's higher-end rocket artillery systems in the conflict.
M270 MLRSTracked multiple launch rocket systemSide: UkraineBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe M270 MLRS is a tracked, armored multiple launch rocket system built around two launch-pod containers for guided rockets or tactical missiles. In Ukrainian service during the Russia-Ukraine War, donated M270-family launchers complement HIMARS by carrying a larger rocket load on a heavier tracked chassis for long-range precision fires.
TOS-2 TosochkaWheeled 220 mm thermobaric multiple rocket launcherSide: RussiaBuilt: NPO Splav / RussiaThe TOS-2 Tosochka is Russia's wheeled successor to the TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system, using 220 mm thermobaric and incendiary rockets from an 18-tube launcher on a Ural 6x6 truck. Its built-in crane, automated fire-control equipment, and wheeled chassis are intended to make the system more mobile and less dependent on a separate loading vehicle, while Russian forces have fielded it during the Russia-Ukraine War.
M142 HIMARSWheeled multiple rocket launcher and tactical missile launcherSide: Ukraine / U.S.-led coalition and partner forces / United StatesBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe M142 HIMARS is a U.S.-built wheeled launcher that gives field artillery units a rapidly deployable precision-strike system for GMLRS rockets, ATACMS, and newer PrSM missiles. Its single-pod launcher trades the heavier M270 MLRS loadout for C-130 transportability and road mobility, making it useful for dispersed long-range fires in Ukraine, Syria, and U.S. operations against Iran.