The Burevia 220 mm multiple rocket launchers. Source: the Ukrainian Military TV
The artillery fire of the Russian military has reportedly destroyed one of Ukraine’s modern Burevia 220 mm multiple rocket launchers (MRL).
On November 18, a photo showing the wreckage of a Burevia and a destroyed Soviet-made BM-27 220 mm MRL of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AF) surfaced online. It is still unclear where or when the photo was taken. The two launchers were reportedly destroyed in a Russian counter-artillery strike.
Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter.
The Burevia is a Ukrainian modernized copy of the BM-27 that was developed by the Ukrainian Shepetivka Repair Plant and other defense contractors.
The heavy MRL is based on a Czech-made Tatra 8×8 T815-7T3RC1 chassis and has an armored cab. The launcher is equipped with a digital fire control system, including a battlefield information exchange system.
In addition to the available 220 mm rockets for the BM-27 MRL, like the high-explosive 9M27F, the thermobaric 9M51 and the cluster 9M27K which have an effective a range of 35 kilometers, the Burevia can launch rockets with a range of up to 65 kilometers which were developed by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau.
Prior to the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, at least 70 BM-27 MRLs were in service with the AFU and very few Burevia MRLs were produced by the Shepetivka Repair Plant. In the course of the operation, many of these launchers were captured, damaged or destroyed.
Despite receiving massive support from the United States and other NATO states, including hundreds of MRLs and howitzers, the AFU is still outgunned by the Russian military.
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