KRL-122 Ghazab

Conflict Usage

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Side: AzerbaijanRole: Area rocket artillery against Armenian positionsstrike

Reportedly fielded by Azerbaijani forces as a Pakistani-made 122 mm multiple rocket launcher against Armenian positions during the September 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh escalation; public reporting traces the evidence to social-media footage, so the entry treats the claim as reported rather than independently confirmed.

Related Weapon Systems

ArtilleryBM-21 Grad122 mm multiple rocket launcherThe 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.

ArtillerySakr-40 multiple rocket launcher122 mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcherThe Sakr-40 is an Egyptian 122 mm multiple rocket launcher in the Sakr family, using a 40-round launcher compatible with Sakr and Grad-pattern rockets. In the Yemen Civil War, Oryx identifies 122 mm Sakr-40 launchers among Houthi-held systems inherited from pre-war Yemeni Army stocks, placing it in the conflict's unguided area-rocket artillery inventory.

Artillery273 mm WM-80 multiple rocket launcherWheeled 273 mm multiple rocket launcherThe WM-80 is a Chinese 273 mm wheeled multiple rocket launcher developed for export by NORINCO from the Type 83 family. Armenia acquired a small number before the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, where it served as a long-range but unguided rocket-artillery system with limited public evidence of combat effect and documented losses to Azerbaijani loitering munitions.

ArtilleryBM-27 Uragan220 mm self-propelled multiple launch rocket systemThe 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.

ArtilleryBM-30 Smerch300 mm heavy multiple launch rocket systemThe 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.

ArtilleryTRG-300 Kasirga300 mm guided multiple rocket launcherThe TRG-300 Kasirga, also marketed as the TRG-300 Tiger/Kaplan family, is a Turkish 300 mm guided rocket-artillery system built by Roketsan for long-range precision fires. In the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict it appears in Azerbaijani service as part of the long-range rocket and missile mix used alongside UAV-enabled targeting and other artillery systems.

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