Engineering:Polonez (multiple rocket launcher)

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Short description: Belarusian rocket artillery system
Polonez
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Polonez
TypeMultiple rocket launcher
Place of originBelarus
Service history
In service2016 – present
Wars2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[citation needed]
Production history
Designed2014
Produced2014 – present
Specifications
Calibre300 mm (12 in)
Maximum firing rangePolonez: 200 km (120 mi) Polonez-M: 290 km (186.4 mi)

Guidance
system
Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) / inertial navigation system (INS)

The Polonez[1] is a Belarus 300 mm rocket artillery system of a launcher unit comprising eight rockets packaged in two four-rocket pods mounted on a MZKT-7930 vehicle.[2] In 2018, it was exported to Azerbaijan.[3][4] The system was designed by the Belarusian Plant of Precision Electromechanics in cooperation with a foreign country, probably China . The first combat missile launches were carried out in China.[5] The 77th Separate Rocket Artillery Battalion of the 336th Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Belarusian Ground Forces is equipped with it.[6] An upgraded version called Polonez-M passed all trials and has been accepted into service by the Belarusian Ground Forces as of May 2019. Polonez-M has an increased range of 290 km (186.4 mi), a higher share of domestic components and can fire the improved A-300 missile.[7][8][9] The first delivery was conducted in November 2023.[10]

See also

  • Katyusha, BM-13, BM-8, and BM-31 multiple rocket launchers of World War II
  • T-122 Sakarya, Turkish 122 mm multiple launch rocket system
  • Fajr-5, Iranian 333 mm long-range multiple launch rocket system
  • TOROS, Turkish 230 and 260 mm multiple launch rocket system
  • BM-14, Soviet 140 mm multiple launch rocket system
  • BM-21 Grad, Soviet 122 mm multiple launch rocket system
  • BM-27 Uragan, Soviet 220 mm multiple launch rocket system
  • M270, U.S. multiple launch rocket system
  • Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher, Indian 214 mm multiple launch rocket system
  • TOS-1 Buratino, Soviet / Russian Heavy Flame Thrower System (multiple rocket / thermobaric weapon launcher)

References

  1. "Polonez Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Belarus - Army Technology". http://www.army-technology.com/projects/polonez-multiple-launch-rocket-system-mlrs-belarus/. 
  2. International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (9 February 2016). "The Military Balance 2016" (in en). The Military Balance (Routledge) 116: 181–183. doi:10.1080/04597222.2016.1127558. 
  3. "A new batch of "Polonez" weapons has arrived in Azerbaijan - VIDEO" (in en). https://mod.gov.az/en/news/a-new-batch-of-polonez-weapons-has-arrived-in-azerbaijan-video-24346.html. 
  4. "Azerbaijan Shows off Polonez, LORA Missiles From Belarus, Israel". https://jamestown.org/program/azerbaijan-shows-off-polonez-lora-missiles-from-belarus-israel/. 
  5. "Developing missile technology is Belarus' strategic priority". https://belarusinfocus.info/society-and-politics/developing-missile-technology-belarus-strategic-priority. 
  6. "MILEX 2019: Polonez-M MLRS enters service in Belarusian army | MILEX 2019 News Online Show Daily Minsk Belarus | Defence security military exhibition 2019 daily news category". https://www.armyrecognition.com/milex_2019_news_online_show_daily_minsk_belarus/milex_2019_polonez-m_mlrs_enters_service_in_belarussian_army.html. 
  7. "MILEX 2019: Polonez-M MLRS enters service in Belarusian army". https://armyrecognition.com/milex_2019_news_online_show_daily_minsk_belarus/milex_2019_polonez-m_mlrs_enters_service_in_belarussian_army.html. 
  8. "Belarus unveils upgraded Polonez-M MRL system". https://www.janes.com/article/89114/belarus-unveils-upgraded-polonez-m-mrl-system. 
  9. "Multiple launch rocket systems "Polonez"/missile system "Polonez-M" – Precision Electromechanics Plant" (in en-GB). https://ztem.by/en/catalog/mlrs/. 
  10. "ЦАМТО / / В Вооруженные силы Республики Беларусь поступил новейший комплекс РСЗО «Полонез-М»" (in ru). 2023-11-16. https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/1116/110576426/detail.shtml. 

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