The Kama MRLS. By Wikimedia user (Mike1979 Russia)
Russia is developing a brand new 300 mm multiple rocket launch system (MRLS), dubbed “Sarma,” RIA Novosti reported on June 2.
An informed source told the Russian news agency that the new MRLS will be highly mobile and capable of firing precision-guided rockets.
“Enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex are developing a promising MRLS of 300 millimeters, Sarma, which will be a continuation of the Kama MRLS created on the chassis of KamAZ,” the source said.
The unnamed source added that the new MRLS will be equipped with “an advanced automated fire control and guidance system.”
The Kama was unveiled at the MAKS 2007 airshow. The MRLS is a lighter version of the 9A53-S Tornado, which is an upgrade of the Soviet-era BM-30 Smerch, based on the KamAZ-63501 8×8 military truck and armed with six 300 mm rockets instead of 12.
RIA Novosti’s source didn’t provide any information on the armament of the Sarma. However, it is safe to assume that the MRLS will be able to fire 9М542-series rockets, which are guided by a GLONASS-aided inertial navigation system and have a range of up to 120 kilometers.
The Sarma MRLS appears to be Russia’s response to the American M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which was supplied to Ukraine last year.
It is unclear when the new MRLS could enter service with the Russian military. The system will likely be tested in the special military operation zone in Ukraine, where its high-mobility and long-range precision fire are needed.
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hneď ako som ho uvidel mi napadlo, že rus zase raz niečo skopíroval, ale zároveň aj poriadne vylepšil. teraz to predvedie tým debilom na západe a tým padne sánka. potencionálni kupujúci sa budú mať nad čím aspoň zamyslieť. zrazu budú mať na výber. sranda je v tom, že ruský bude lacnejší a kvalitnejší.
muahahahaha…that is all garbage just as all that brainless ruzzian scum…
i guess you will find out when your bosses realise your propaganda isn’t working on any social media. they will then close your little cubicle and send you to the front. won’t that be fun?
condom suggested when sodomized by taliban or lgbt in san fagcisco
so it seem’s after “himars is useless and will be destroyed without any impact” we go to “we need our own himars”. seems it was not as useless as some people told.
it’s the gps system on himars which is useless, easy to jam or spoof. the himars is a us copy of the soviet rocket systems, like tornado, smerch etc, as the soviets were the acknowledged masters of rocket artillery since ww2.
it’s gonna be called sarma lolllll
i don’t know if it will work, but it sounds delicious
i prefer punjene paprike but sarma is ok as well.
znas li fazon o punjenim paprikama?