BM-27 Uragan

A Soviet-designed 220 mm multiple rocket launcher that delivers heavy area fire from a mobile 16-tube launcher and remains in frontline service with Russia and Ukraine.

Overview

The BM-27 Uragan, whose name means "Hurricane," is a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher developed for the Soviet Army by the Splav enterprise in Tula. The system comprises the 9P140 launcher, carrying 16 launch tubes on a ZIL-135 8x8 chassis, and the associated 9T452 transporter-loader. Positioned between the lighter 122 mm BM-21 Grad and heavier 300 mm BM-30 Smerch, the Uragan provides massed area fire with high-explosive fragmentation, cluster, incendiary and remotely delivered mine payloads.

The original system entered Soviet service in 1975 and remains operational despite the age of its chassis and fire-control architecture. Russia has pursued the modular Uragan-1M successor, while Ukraine has developed the Bureviy modernization with an armored Tatra chassis, digital fire control and compatibility with extended-range rockets. Both Russia and Ukraine have used Uragan-family launchers extensively since 2022, and their cluster-munition employment has figured prominently in civilian-harm investigations by Human Rights Watch.

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