The RS-122 is a
Georgian mobile
multiple rocket launcher
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firing 122 mm rockets. It was developed in 2011 and put on production display in February 2012. The RS-122 is a heavily modified version of the Soviet
BM-21 Grad
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. Its main characteristics are the armoured crew cabin (using elements from
MRAP
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and
BAE Caiman
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Descripti ...
), improved firing, operational range and accuracy. The vehicle was developed by the state-owned
Scientific Technical Centre Delta.
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Technical characteristics
The rocket launcher is designed to defeat personnel, armored targets, artillery batteries, command posts and fortifications.
The RS-122 is capable of control fire without the preliminary preparation of a position and exposed crew action, thus minimizing the salvo time and maximizing unit protection.
Armor
The vehicle's armoured crew cabin provides protection for its five-man crew in accordance to STANAG 4569 NATO AEP-55 STANAG 4569 is a NATO Standardization Agreement covering the standards for the "Protection Levels for Occupants of Logistic and Light Armored Vehicles".
The standard covers strikes from kinetic energy, artillery and IED blasts.
Leve ...
level 2 against shell splinter and fragments.
Transporter
The RS-122 is based on an armored KrAZ-63221 chassis and has an operational range of .
Gallery
File:DRS-122 georgian MLRS (2).jpg
See also
* BM-21 Grad
The BM-21 "Grad" (russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit= hail) is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system and the M-21OF rocket were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first com ...
* RM-70 multiple rocket launcher
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* WR-40 Langusta
WR-40 Langusta is a Polish self-propelled multiple rocket launcher developed by Centrum Produkcji Wojskowej HSW SA. The first 32 units of the WR-40 entered service in 2010.
The Langusta (''spiny lobster'') is based on a deeply modernized and r ...
References
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Multiple rocket launchers
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Military vehicles introduced in the 2010s