On June 16, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) news network, Iba’a, released photos showing the terrorist group’s fighters launched new locally-made heavy rockets at Syrian Arab Army (SAA) positions in the northern Hama countryside.
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The rockets, which were mounted on a pick-up truck, appear to be a type of improvised rocket-assisted munitions (IRAMs) built around the boosters of Grad 122m rockets. The IRAMs’ heavy warheads likely caused a significant reduction in the boosters’ range.
Bad welding marks and even open gaps can be spotted all over the new IRAM’s body. Such defects could lead to dangerously low accuracy.
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Anti-government groups in Syria have been using IRAMs since late 2011. Such munitions are usually used to target military facilities, or as in most cases, against urban areas.
