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Smerch Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 7 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Smerch, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

7 weapon systems

9M55K cargo rocket, 300 mm cluster cargo rocket, Munitions

Munitions9M55K cargo rocket300 mm cluster cargo rocketSide: UnknownBuilt: NPO Splav / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 9M55K is a Soviet/Russian 300 mm Smerch cargo rocket designed to carry 72 9N235 fragmentation submunitions over a 20 to 70 km range. It is a fin-stabilized, solid-propellant artillery rocket fired from the BM-30 / 9K58 Smerch launcher family and documented in Syria and Ukraine.

9M542 extended-range high-explosive rocket, 300 mm extended-range high-explosive fragmentation rocket, Munitions

Munitions9M542 extended-range high-explosive rocket300 mm extended-range high-explosive fragmentation rocketSide: UnknownBuilt: NPO Splav / RussiaThe 9M542 is a Russian 300 mm extended-range high-explosive fragmentation rocket projectile for the 9K58 Smerch family. Missilery describes it as a deep upgrade of the 9M55K with an inseparable HE-fragmentation head, 820 kg launch mass, 150 kg warhead, and 40 to 120 km range, while Rostec later listed it as ammunition used in Smerch launchers produced by Splav.

9M528 high-explosive fragmentation rocket, 300 mm high-explosive fragmentation rocket, Munitions

Munitions9M528 high-explosive fragmentation rocket300 mm high-explosive fragmentation rocketSide: UnknownBuilt: NPO Splav / RussiaThe 9M528 is a Russian 300 mm artillery rocket for the 9K58 Smerch multiple launch rocket system. It carries a 243 kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead, has 800 preformed fragments, uses a contact fuze, and has a maximum range of 90 km.

9M55K4 Smerch rocket, 300 mm remote mine-laying rocket, Munitions

Munitions9M55K4 Smerch rocket300 mm remote mine-laying rocketSide: UnknownBuilt: NPO Splav / RussiaThe 9M55K4 is a Russian 300 mm Smerch rocket designed for remote laying of anti-tank land mines. Deagel describes it as a 9M55-family round for the Smerch launcher family, while Missilery gives a payload of up to 25 mines and a self-destruction window of 16 to 24 hours after laying.

9M55K5 cumulative-fragmentation submunition rocket, 300 mm rocket with cassette warhead carrying cumulative-fragmentation submunitions, Munitions

Munitions9M55K5 cumulative-fragmentation submunition rocket300 mm rocket with cassette warhead carrying cumulative-fragmentation submunitionsSide: UnknownBuilt: Splav State Research and Production Enterprise / RussiaThe 9M55K5 is a Russian 300 mm Smerch rocket with a cassette warhead carrying 646 3B30 dual-purpose submunitions. Rosoboronexport lists it in the 300 mm ammunition catalog, and Missilery documents its 800 kg launch mass, 243 kg warhead, 25 to 70 km range, and 120 mm armour penetration.

9M529 thermobaric rocket, 300 mm thermobaric rocket, Munitions

Munitions9M529 thermobaric rocket300 mm thermobaric rocketSide: UnknownBuilt: NPO Splav / RussiaThe 9M529 is a Russian 300 mm thermobaric rocket for the BM-30 / 9K58 Smerch family. Rosoboronexport lists it as a Smerch round with a thermobaric warhead and a 25-90 km published range, while Missilery identifies the rocket as a 2004 design completed by NPO Splav and gives its weight, warhead, and container data.

9N235 cluster submunition, High-explosive fragmentation cluster submunition, Munitions

Munitions9N235 cluster submunitionHigh-explosive fragmentation cluster submunitionSide: ArmeniaArtsakhBuilt: NPO Splav / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 9N235 is a Soviet/Russian high-explosive fragmentation submunition carried by Smerch and Uragan cargo rockets. In the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Human Rights Watch linked 9N235-filled 9M55K Smerch cluster rockets to Armenian and/or Nagorno-Karabakh use against Azerbaijani locations, making it a documented area-effect munition in the conflict archive.