The 9M27K2 is a Soviet 220 mm Uragan cargo rocket built to remotely lay anti-vehicle minefields from BM-27-family launchers. Missilery lists a PTM cassette warhead with 24 PTM-1G mines, a 10 to 35 km range, and Soviet Army adoption in 1980; Human Rights Watch later documented PTM-1/PTM-1G mines and 9M27K2 rocket remnants during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Human Rights Watch documented PTM-1/PTM-1G mines in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions in 2022 and reported remnants of 9M27K2 Uragan mine-dispensing rockets; OSMP also catalogs a 2022 Ukraine 9M27K2 rocket with partially ejected PTM-1 mines.
Role detailsThe 9M27K-series Uragan cargo rockets use the same 220 mm launcher family but differ by payload: fragmentation submunitions, anti-vehicle mines, or anti-personnel mines.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
 | Fragmentation-submunition cargo rocket | ARES lists the 9M27K1 as the Uragan cargo rocket carrying 30 9N235 fragmentation submunitions, distinct from the 9M27K2 mine-laying payload. |
 | Anti-personnel mine cargo rocket | ARES lists the 9M27K3 as the 220 mm Uragan cargo rocket carrying 312 PFM anti-personnel mines. |
 | Later anti-tank mine cargo rocket | GICHD identifies the 9M59 as another 220 mm Uragan anti-vehicle mine rocket, carrying PTM-3 mines rather than the 9M27K2's PTM-1-family payload. Sources: Explosive Ordnance Guide for Ukraine, Third Edition |
The 9M27K2 is a mine-laying Uragan rocket for the 9K57/BM-27 launcher family.
| Firing weapon | Weapon type | Firing evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | 220 mm multiple launch rocket system | Armament Research Services lists the 9M27K2 among the Uragan cargo rockets and describes it as a 220 mm round for the 9K57 Uragan launcher family. Sources: 9M27K series cargo rockets used in Ukraine, Unguided rocket projectile 9M27K2 |
The rocket's defining payload is a cassette of PTM-1G anti-vehicle mines scattered remotely from an Uragan-class launcher.
| Carried item | Item type | Carriage evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | Scatterable anti-vehicle mine | Missilery lists 24 PTM-1G mines in the 9M27K2 warhead, and Human Rights Watch links PTM-1/PTM-1G mines in Ukraine with 9M27K2 Uragan rocket remnants. Sources: Unguided rocket projectile 9M27K2, Background Briefing on Landmine Use in Ukraine |
The 9M27K2 is also documented as compatible with Ukrainian Bureviy launchers that fire current Uragan rounds.
| Carrier | Carrier type | Carriage evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | 220 mm multiple launch rocket system | Defense Express says Bureviy can fire current Uragan and Typhoon 2 rockets, including anti-tank-mine cargo rounds, and the 9M27K2 reference identifies this round as the Uragan mine-laying rocket. Sources: Ukraine develops new Bureviy heavy rocket artillery system, Unguided rocket projectile 9M27K2 |
The 9M27K2 is not a unitary blast or fragmentation rocket; its battlefield effect comes from dispensing a PTM cassette of anti-vehicle mines over terrain at artillery range.
24 PTM-1G anti-vehicle mines in the rocket warhead.
Designed to lay minefields in front of attacking equipment or in areas where vehicles concentrate.
HRW documented PTM-1/PTM-1G mine clearance in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions and reported 9M27K2 Uragan rocket remnants in April 2022.
Missilery says the 9M27K2 unguided rocket was adopted by Soviet decree on July 18, 1980 for remote anti-tank minefield laying.
Sources: Unguided rocket projectile 9M27K2
Human Rights Watch reported PTM-1/PTM-1G mines in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions and documented 9M27K2 Uragan rocket remnants in April 2022.
Sources: Background Briefing on Landmine Use in Ukraine
