Weapon tag archive

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

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Smerch Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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9M542 extended-range high-explosive rocket, 300 mm extended-range high-explosive fragmentation rocket, MunitionsMunitions9M542 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.
9M55K5 cumulative-fragmentation submunition rocket, 300 mm rocket with cassette warhead carrying cumulative-fragmentation submunitions, MunitionsMunitions9M55K5 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.
9N235 cluster submunition, High-explosive fragmentation cluster submunition, MunitionsMunitions9N235 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.