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Rocket artillery, as the king of land warfare, has always been famous for its powerful "violent aesthetics", and the scene of rocket artillery hitting the target is extremely shocking, so what do you know about the world's strongest rocket artillery? The following brings you the ranking of the world's top ten rockets in 2022. Not much to say, direct departure.
Tenth place: Russian "Hurricane" rocket launchers
Speaking of this rocket, it can be said that it has a long history, and the Soviet army has been equipped and used as early as the 1970s. The Hurricane rocket has 16 separate launch tubes, divided into three layers arranged in a 4-6-6 manner. Each Hurricane rocket requires 4 sappers to operate, the barrel caliber is 220 mm, and the salvo of 16 shells takes only 20 seconds, and can lay 368 at a time, with a maximum range of 34 kilometers. According to statistics, the "Hurricane" rocket launcher can cover the combat area within 15 kilometers in just fifteen minutes. Both performance and power can be called a major weapon of the Russian Army.
Russian "Hurricane" rocket launchers
Ninth place: Brazilian "Astros 2" rocket launcher
The "Astros" rocket is a rocket launcher independently developed by Avibras Aerospace in Brazil in 1983. Its biggest feature is the use of active component structure configuration, which can switch between different launch modes at any time according to the wartime needs of combat troops. Switchable at any time between 127 mm 32 tubes, 180 mm 16 tubes and 4 tube 300 mm modes. Depending on the number of tubes, the range can also be adjusted between 30 km and 60 km. Because the barrel caliber is more diverse, the types of ammunition that can be used are particularly rich. Mainly SS40 SS60 rockets, it can also launch 8 other types of bullets such as sub-mother bombs and white phosphorus bombs. The firepower output of the "Astros" rocket launcher is also a rare opponent in the field of rocket artillery in the world.
Brazilian "Astros 2" rocket launcher
Eighth place: Israeli "Bobcat" rocket launcher
The "Lynx" rocket was developed by the Israeli military industry in 2007 through a year of light multiple rocket launchers with high precision and low cost. And the use of network design, can carry out precision ballistic calculations, the upcoming ammunition to identify, showing a high level of science and technology. Due to its low weight, it can achieve rapid support combat tasks by air transport. And the "Bobcat" rocket can be used, 122 mm -300 mm rockets as ammunition, including Russian hail series 122 mm rockets, 160 mm precision rockets developed by the Israeli military industry and other various 300 mm rocket shells. Moreover, the "Bobcat" rocket can also carry two subgrade "Delilah" -GL surface-to-surface cruise missiles, which can increase the range to 250 kilometers, and the loaded GPS navigation system can correct the ballistic trajectory, so that the gap between the shell and the target is reduced to less than 10 meters. Since its inception, the Bobcat rocket has been used exclusively by the Israeli Wild Boy special forces. With sophisticated equipment and excellent operators, the degree of horror is really beyond doubt.
Israeli "Bobcat" rockets
Seventh place: American M270 rocket launcher
The M270 rocket launcher was developed in the 1970s by the American Water Aircraft Industries. The rocket launcher hull is 6.97 meters long, 2.61 meters high and 2.97 meters wide, and each rocket is equipped with twelve 227 mm caliber launch tubes. At present, the M28 series rockets, M39 tactical missiles and anti-armor bullets, submunitions and other bullets are mainly used as ammunition. It can also launch 7,800 armor-piercing shells at a time, covering an area of 60,000 square meters, and the lethality is terrifying. The M270 rocket launcher automation program is very advanced, requiring only three personnel to operate. And can carry out a series of high-tech operations such as automatic column placement, leveling and correction of ballistic data. In the 1991 Gulf War, the United States used 180 M270 rockets to participate in the war, and threw about 20,000 bullets at Iraqi troops and important military targets, and the number of cracked bullets was close to 12 million, causing heavy losses to the Iraqi army. The M270 rocket launcher became famous in this battle, and since then the U.S. military has paid more attention to the upgrade of the gun.
American M270 rocket launcher
Sixth place: American M142 rocket launcher
The M124 rocket is a self-propelled rocket launcher developed by Lockheed Martin in the United States. It is mainly composed of rocket launcher, body chassis, and fire control system. It uses 6 linkage rocket launchers, equipped with army tactical missiles, and the range is an astonishing 300 kilometers. The GPS guidance system installed on the projectile body not only has the flight speed but also greatly improves the accuracy of the strike. There are also many other types of ammunition that can be used. The overall weight of the M142 rocket gun is only 10 tons, making it more mobile, and it can quickly support the movement between the battlefields, making the war situation more uncertain. This rocket gun is very good in terms of maneuverability, strike accuracy and range. The fly in the ointment is that there are only 6 launch tubes, which makes it quite different from the world-class level in terms of firepower intensity.
American M142 rocket launcher
Fifth place: Russian "tornado" rocket launcher
The Tornado rocket is also known as the Type 9K58 rocket launcher. It was independently developed and manufactured by the Russian Defense Export Company and first served in the Russian Army in 1987. At the same time, it also became the largest caliber rocket launcher in Russia with a firing caliber of 300 mm. The "Tornado" rocket artillery system is very advanced in science and technology, and its performance is better than that of similar rockets in terms of range, firepower efficiency and killing area of enemy armor and equipment. Multiple battle modes are available, including the Incendiary Sub-Mother-Daughter Warhead, anti-tank Sub-Mother-To-Mine, and Air Bomb Warhead, among others. Equipped with 12 directional launch tubes, the maximum range is close to 100 kilometers, and in the full fire mode, it takes only 36 seconds to complete the launch of 12 tubes of ammunition. It is also equipped with a panoramic sight of the PG series, which greatly improves the accuracy. A variety of types of bombs can be used, such as the incendiary blast double rocket, and what is more frightening is that when using certain improved munitions, the fire coverage area reaches 680,000 square meters. Because of its excellent combat performance, India spent $450 million to buy 36 sets of Tornado rockets from Russia to deal with the Kashmir border war.
Russian "Tornado" rocket launchers
Fourth place: Belarusian "Polonez" rocket launcher
Speaking of this rocket, we have to mention the mainland's A-200 rocket launcher. The "Polonez" rocket is a long-range rocket launched jointly developed by Belarus and China, and its launch system is on the mainland A-200. The "Polonez" rocket launch tube caliber reaches 310 mm and can be equipped with M-20 tactical missiles. And equipped with inertial guidance and GPS guidance system, the maximum range is increased to 200 kilometers and the accuracy is controlled within 30 meters. These performances alone have surpassed the "tornado" in an all-round way, and are also among the best in the field of rocket artillery in the world.
Belarusian "Polonaiz" rocket launcher
Third place: Condor 400 guided rocket launcher
The Condor 400 guided rocket launcher is a rocket launcher named after its range, and its maximum range has reached 400 kilometers. The main research and development purpose is to strike important targets behind enemy lines at medium and long distances. The new ground-to-ground long-range strike controllable rocket system can be loaded with a variety of ammunition types, making it more extensive in the choice of combat methods. In terms of guidance, inertial navigation and active radar guidance system are adopted, so the accuracy of striking targets is greatly improved. It is worth mentioning that it can be equipped with the BP-12A tactical missile, which is believed to be familiar to everyone. BP-12A tactical missiles are improved from the Dongfeng 11, it is well known that the United States in the Gulf War can intercept the "Scud" missile, stunned is the BP-12A missile no move, just the range and power of the missile Condor 400 is really powerful and terrible
Condor 400 guided rocket launcher
Second place: Chinese "Guardian 2D" rocket launcher
The "Guardian 2D" rocket gun is jointly improved by China Precision Machinery Corporation and Sichuan Aerospace Industry on the basis of "Guardian 2". Just six rocket launch tubes with a diameter of 425 mm are enough to deter the enemy. Its range was doubled to 480 km compared to the Guardian 2. The overall rocket system consists of launchers, loaders, command vehicles and communication vehicles. It has the title of the largest caliber and range in the world. In addition to being equipped with traditional high-explosive bombs, it can also launch a kind of small drone that can fill the body of the projectile, and after flying to a designated area, release the radar signal of the drone to automatically search for the target to be attacked, and carry out suicide more urgently. It is also possible to switch between 6 different warheads according to different tactical requirements. Rockets hit targets at a speed of Mach 5.8, causing direct devastating damage to important targets such as enemy military bases and armored equipment. As the saying goes, there is a strong hand in the strong, and this is not the strongest rocket artillery on the mainland, let's continue to look down.
Guardian 2D" rocket launcher
First prize: PCH-191 box rocket launcher
The PCH-191 rocket launcher is also known as the "box fire". The modular ammunition design, which uses the most advanced technology today, is developed and improved by the continental military industrial units on the AR3 rocket artillery system. Different combat modes can be switched, including two sets of 5-tube 300 mm rockets and 2 sets of 4-tube 370 mm rockets. The most powerful of these are the two 750 mm surface-to-surface tactical missiles. Can be equipped with such a large caliber missile, the Type 191 box fire has subverted people's perception of rocket artillery. The maximum range of a normal rocket is 350 km, while the maximum range of a missile can be increased to 600 km, which is not inferior to short-range tactical missiles. The fire control system adopts inertial guidance and "Beidou" guidance system, which can be controlled within 15 meters in terms of strike accuracy. The PCH-191 rocket is extremely modern, and the modularity of ammunition also makes it faster to reload. From the launch of the rocket to the rapid support of the transfer position, it was only a few minutes, which greatly improved the maneuverability and survivability of the PCH-191 rocket. The birth of this rocket artillery has made us, who were originally strong in the field of rocket artillery, have a higher level of strength and laid the foundation for a military power. It is worth thanking the military scientific researchers, surpassing the predecessor designers of Soviet Russia in one fell swoop, which can really be described as blue out of blue is better than blue.
PCH-191 box rocket launcher