The Ministry of Defense has releasedfootage of combat operations by a Grad multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) unit. The unit fired a package of 9M53F rockets at a target.
The 9M53F ammunition received a separable warhead with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead, and the combat vehicles were equipped with the Kapustnik-B fire control system.
This made it possible to reduce the time spent at a firing position without lengthy topographic referencing by 4-5 times, and also to increase the effective area of destruction by 5-7 times.
The 9M53F high-explosive fragmentation projectile has a separable warhead with a 9E260-1 head electronic-mechanical remote-contact fuse of a safety type with remote-contact action installed on it.
Unguided rocket 9M53F:
- Caliber - 122 mm
- Projectile length - 3037 mm
- Projectile weight - 70 kg
- Minimum projectile range - 5 km, maximum - 20.4 km
- Warhead weight - 25 kg
- Operating temperature range - -50 to +50 °С
Earlier,www1.ru reported that the rocket "Atlant" with the "Vulkan" launcher and RBU-6000 rocket launchers went to the Barents Sea.
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