The BM-30 Smerch (Russian: Смерч, lit. 'tornado', 'whirlwind'), 9K58 Smerch or 9A52-2 Smerch-M is a heavy self-propelled 300 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union to fire a full load of 12 solid-fuelled projectiles.

Unitary parachute retarded fuel air explosive warhead. The 9M55 family of artillery rockets was developed as component of the 9K58 Smerch rocket artillery complex.

This is the Russian 300mm 9M55 Smerch (Tornado), a cargo-carrier, fin-stabilised, Solid-Propellant (SP), artillery rocket fired from the BM-30 heavy Multiple-Launch-Rocket-System …

The 9M55 is a family of 300mm rockets designed to perform a wide range of missions carrying different payloads. The 9M55 rockets are employed by the Soviet/Russian Smerch long-range multiple launch rocket artillery system.

Courtesy of Ukraine's 107th Rocket Artillery Brigade, this quick clip shows a BM-30 "Smerch" MLRS firing its distinctive, long 9M55 rockets toward a distant target. This video was dated December 30, 2024.

May 19, 2006 · The basic rocket for the SMERCH 300 is the 9M55F, which carries a separable, unitary high-explosive warhead weighing 72 kg. (Warhead weight is 258 kg, explosive weight 95 kg, sub-munitions are 50 grams) The 9M55S variant carries 100 kg of fuel-air explosive.

The BM-30 fires the 9M55 series of solid-fuel 300mm rockets. The basic 9M55 series rocket is 7.6 meters (24.9 ft) long, with a launch weight of 800 kilograms (1,760 lb). The warhead package of the 9M55 series rocket is about 2.05 meters (6.7 ft) long, weighing about 243 kilograms (534.6 lb). The 9M55K rocket delivers 72 High Explosive-

Jul 3, 2014 · Video and images circulating on social media networks and in various online forums suggest that 9M55K cargo rockets containing 9N235 fragmentation submunitions may have been used in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. Armament Research Services (ARES) has previously documented these munitions in Syria.

Main armament: 9M55 or 9M528 rockets. Engine: D12A-525A V12 diesel engine - 525 hp (391 kW) Suspension: 8×8 wheeled. Operational range: 850 km (530 mi) Maximum speed: 60 km/h (37 mph)

Apr 26, 2020 · During the next tests of the Ukrainian 300mm R624M "Vilkha-M" missile with a maximum range of more than 100 km, showed the video of the hitting missile at a target. The tests were held on April 25 at the Alibay State Testing Area …