Engineering:TRG-300 Tiger

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TRG-300 Tiger
TypeRocket artillery
Place of originTurkey
Production history
ManufacturerROKETSAN
Produced2000–present
VariantsSee Variants
Specifications
Calibre300 mm (12 in)[1][2]
Barrels4
Maximum firing range20–120 km (12–75 mi)[1][2]
WarheadHigh explosives + Steel ball[1][2]
Detonation
mechanism
Point Detonating and Proximity[1][2]
PropellantComposite solid[1][2]
Guidance
system
GPS + GLONASS aided INS[1][2]
Accuracy≤ 10 m [1][2]
Launch
platform
MAN 6x6 truck

The TRG-300 Tiger[3] (also known as TRG-300 Kasirga) is a Turkish guided multiple launch rocket system manufactured by the ROKETSAN corporation.[4] The system has four 300 mm rocket launcher tubes and its rockets can hit a maximum range of 120 km.[4][5]

Synopsis

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The TRG-300 Tiger MBRL [6] is based on Chinese WS-1 (Wei Shi; Guardian), with some modifications on the design with launcher very similar to the WS-1B 's launcher. In Turkish land forces service, the 300 mm TRG-300 Tiger MBRL system provides long range fire support.


History

In 2016, the TRG-300 Tiger system was sold to Azerbaijan.[4]

In March 2019, ROKETSAN secured a contract to supply a regiment of medium-range guided multiple rocket launchers to Bangladesh.[7] According to the statement given by the Bangladesh Chief of General Staff Gen.18 units have been delivered to the Bangladesh Army in June 2021.[8]

Specifications

Block 1A

Block 2

  • Range: 20–90 km (12–56 mi)[1][2]
  • Weight: 660 kg (1,460 lb)[1][2]
  • Length: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)[1][2]
  • Warhead weight: 180 kg (400 lb)[1][2]
  • Warhead effective radius: ≥ 80 m[1][2]
  • Accuracy: 10 m CEP[1][2]

Block 3

  • Range: 30–120 km (19–75 mi)[1][2]
  • Weight: 585 kg (1,290 lb)[1][2]
  • Warhead weight: 105 kg (231 lb)[1][2]
  • Warhead effective radius: ≥ 70 m[1][2]
  • Accuracy: 10 m CEP[1][2]

Operators

Current operators

  •  Azerbaijan: 20 units[4]
  •  Bangladesh: >36 units (sources vary)[9][10]
  •  Turkey
  •  United Arab Emirates: 3 units.[11]
  •  Libya: 4 units or more[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 "TRG-300 MISSILE". Roketsan. https://www.roketsan.com.tr/uploads/docs/kataloglar/ENG/2024/1726596013_trg-300.pdf. Retrieved 31 January 2026. 
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 "TRG-300 Guided Missile". Roketsan. Archived from the original on 2 February 2026. https://archive.today/20260201054413/https://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/products/trg-300-guided-missile. Retrieved 2 February 2026. 
  3. ↑ "TRG-300 TIGER MISSILE". Roketsan. https://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/products/trg-300-guided-missile. Retrieved 18 October 2020. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Turkey supplies T-300 Kasirga rocket system to Azerbaijan". AzerNews. 21 September 2016. https://www.azernews.az/nation/102564.html. 
  5. ↑ Gao, Charlie (6 January 2019). "The Big Guns: NATO's 5 Deadliest Rocket Artillery Systems". Center for the National Interest. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/big-guns-natos-5-deadliest-rocket-artillery-systems-40717. 
  6. ↑ "TRG-300 TIGER Missile « Roketsan". http://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/urunler-hizmetler/kara-sistemleri/satihtan-satiha-fuzeler/kaplan-fuzesi-trg-300/. 
  7. ↑ Selçuk Colakoğlu (2019-06-25). "Turkey-Bangladesh Relations: A Growing Partnership between Two Friendly Nations". Washington D.C. https://www.mei.edu/publications/turkey-bangladesh-relations-growing-partnership-between-two-friendly-nations. Retrieved 2020-06-07. 
  8. ↑ "Roketsan To Export Trg-300 Kaplan Missile To Bangladesh" (in en-US). 2021-03-16. https://easterntimes.in/roketsan-to-export-trg-300-kaplan-missile-to-bangladesh/. 
  9. ↑ "Trade-Register-1971-2022.rft". https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php. 
  10. ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies (2022). "Chapter Six: Asia". The Military Balance 121 (1): 250. doi:10.1080/04597222.2022.2022931. 
  11. ↑ "Trade Registers". https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php. 
  12. ↑ Desk, MissileStrikes com Intelligence (2026-02-17) (in en). Roketsan: Turkey's Missile & Munitions Defence Manufacturer. https://missilestrikes.com/actors/roketsan/. 
  13. ↑ Turkey intervention: a case in libya. pp. 5. https://www.clingendael.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/Policy_brief_Turkeys_interventions_near_%20abroad_The_case_of_Libya.pdf. 



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