The Russian army is actively developing the Belarusian MLRS "Polonaise"

February 7 2023 24

The units of the Russian army, located at the Belarusian military training grounds, are mastering the Polonaise multiple launch rocket system at an accelerated pace. According to military experts, the Russian command sees it as a worthy rival for the American Hymars MLRS.

MLRS "Polonaise" is the most worthy achievement of the Belarusian military industry in recent years. At the same time, it is emphasized that this multiple launch rocket system was developed jointly with China.

Tests of the MLRS "Polonaise" were completed in 2016, and almost immediately it entered service with the Belarusian army. It is noted that the high-precision munition of 301 mm caliber can hit targets at a distance of 200 kilometers. And the upgraded version of Polonaise-M has a firing range of 290 kilometers (missiles A200 and A300, respectively).

This system can become more than a worthy competitor for the American Hymars MLRS, the use of which by the Ukrainian army caused great damage not only to Russian units, but also to infrastructure facilities in the rear.

As an undoubted advantage of "Polonaise", the use of successful ready-made components is noted. Combat and transport-loading vehicles are built on the basis of not the newest, but well-mastered MZKT-7930 chassis.

We add that in terms of its characteristics, the Polonaise is noticeably superior to all the MLRS that are in service with the Russian army.

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Mikhalych

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7 February 2023 11: 14

Buy and apply.
Rainy

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7 February 2023 11: 26

Yes? Did you ask China?
1. Vasya_33
  
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  7 February 2023 11: 48
  
  I don't think China will mind.
  application (testing) in real combat ...
2. Mikhalych
  
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  7 February 2023 17: 45
  
  Only Vasya_33 of ours. The rest of the sent Cossacks.
Pavel Mokshanov_2

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7 February 2023 12: 56

Again, everything is on the move and with the help of the father. Where is the same? What did our valiant Minister of Defense do, where did he look. Or he just arranged reviews and tank biathlons, but walked through the taiga with the supreme. Then it was necessary not to change the stool. He would have sawed so many stools that all the Ukrainians, along with Nata, were thrown at them.
steelmaker

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7 February 2023 13: 08

In terms of its characteristics, the Polonaise is noticeably superior to all the MLRS that are in service with the Russian army.

And Putin does not even think about leaving any "overshoes" behind him. It looks like everything is going to the fact that we will buy weapons around the world. Their brains are gone, the hucksters are left alone.
I'm wondering when we will launch our lunar rover? Maybe even in space we still have engineering thought?
1. Alexey Lan
  
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  7 February 2023 19: 36
  
  Even the Americans buy some weapons from their allies, not to mention the components. Polonaise has its own niche and does not replace our MLRS.
  1. sgrabik
    
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    8 February 2023 08: 05
    
    This is certainly true, but all the same, it would not hurt our military-industrial complex to urgently develop and put into mass production our analogue of the Polonaise MLRS with similar, or even more advanced performance characteristics.
2. Victor M.
  
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  8 February 2023 11: 33
  
  Are you here to shake out your bloomers, or are you campaigning for Navalny?
3. Linkovich Chumovsky
  
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  3 March 2023 18: 18
  
  Yeah. The mission will be called Dunno on the Moon.
polynet

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8 February 2023 09: 28

It's Chinese ammo.
polynet

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8 February 2023 09: 33

Quote: Alexey Lan
Even the Americans buy some weapons from their allies, not to mention the components. Polonaise has its own niche and does not replace our MLRS.

it’s easier to buy from the Chinese, probably, given the manufacturer.
polynet

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8 February 2023 09: 33

Quote: Pavel Mokshanov_2
Again, everything is on the move and with the help of the father. Where is the same? What did our valiant Minister of Defense do, where did he look. Or he just arranged reviews and tank biathlons, but walked through the taiga with the supreme. Then it was necessary not to change the stool. He would have sawed so many stools that all the Ukrainians, along with Nata, were thrown at them.

According to known data, the Polonaise MLRS uses long-range high-precision A301-type 200-mm rockets developed and manufactured by the Chinese China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT, also known as the "First Academy"), which is part of the Chinese state aerospace corporation China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). On the world market, the marketing of the A200 system is carried out by the foreign trade association Aerospace Long-March International Trade Co., Ltd (ALIT), which is part of CASC, as well as by the well-known Chinese corporation Poly Technologies. The joint development of the Polonaise MLRS based on the A200 missiles was carried out in accordance with the Chinese-Belarusian intergovernmental agreement concluded in 2013.

Belarus, apparently, became the starting customer of the A200 missile system. The A200 rocket with a caliber of 301 mm has a length of 7264 mm and a stabilizer span of 615 mm. Rocket weight 750 kg. Warhead (three different types) detachable, combined guidance system - inertial with satellite correction (GPS). The firing range is from 50 to "more than 200" km. The CEP of the warhead at the maximum range is stated in different sources from 30 to 50 m. A salvo of eight missiles at eight different targets can be fired in 50 seconds, the preparation time for a salvo is 8 minutes.

State tests of the MLRS "Polonaise" were completed in Belarus on May 30, 2016. In February 2016, Deputy Minister of Defense of Belarus Igor Lotenkov said that the first set of the Polonaise MLRS division is planned from September 2016 to be transferred to service with the 336th rocket artillery brigade of the Belarusian ground forces in Osipovichi (Mogilev region), equipped with the Smerch MLRS .

It was reported that in Belarus, work is underway to localize the production of A200 missiles at the Minsk RPUE Plant of Precision Electromechanics, which was also announced by the "manufacturer" of the new operational-tactical missile.

Judging by the presented prototype with a characteristic appearance, the operational-tactical missile demonstrated at MILEX-2017 is an M20 missile developed and manufactured by the same Chinese CALT. The M20 missile system has been advertised by SALT since 2011, with a declared maximum range of up to 280 km and a warhead weight of 480 kg, and, contrary to earlier reports, is purely export, not in service with the PLA. The M20 guidance system is combined - inertial with satellite correction (GPS), the QUO of the missile at the maximum range is declared at 30 m.

Since 2014, CALT has been advertising a single universal GATSS (General Army Tactical Strike System) missile system that uses missiles of the A100, A200, A300 and M20 types from one launcher, as well as CX-1 supersonic anti-ship missiles (the latter look like a clone of the Russian Onyx missile "/"Yakhont"). In fact, "Polonaise", apparently, is the GATTS complex.
Dust

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8 February 2023 21: 11

"Polonaise" is noticeably superior to all the MLRS, which are in service with the Russian army.

It is not true! Every year at the parade on May 9, the announcer told us that Russian weapons are the best in the world! That by the beginning of the CBO we have the coolest UAVs! (The former Minister of Defense will not let you lie!) That our Armata, which has been participating in parades for five years, will tear everyone apart! That our soldiers wear the coolest equipment is good (there were 1,5 million sets in warehouses according to papers). That our generals have no equal in holding parades, tank biathlons and awarding orders to their children in the army.
1. Daniel K
  
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  26 February 2023 20: 41
  
  You also forgot about the self-propelled guns Coalition-SV, for many years in parades. And electronic warfare that disables half of Europe ... And that we don't need drones.
Storm_2022

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9 February 2023 23: 22

It is noted that the high-precision munition of 301 mm caliber can hit targets at a distance of 200 kilometers. And the upgraded version of Polonaise-M has a firing range of 290 kilometers (missiles A200 and A300, respectively).

And what prevents us from producing similar long-range rockets (A200 and A300) for domestic MLRS Tornado-S?
The main task is to equip promising RSs with domestic guidance systems in order to obtain a much more budgetary analogue of the Iskander-M OTRK missiles.
1. pica
  
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  10 February 2023 00: 58
  
  And who told you that Tornado-S does not have a range for new missiles of 200 km?
  Plus guides 12, not 8.
  Plus it's 6 tons lighter.
  As for 300km, the rocket is used in a different caliber ...
  For this, there is, as an option, on the KAMAZ chassis, but is it expedient to use missiles with such ballistics at such a distance? There are no better Iskanders today in terms of ballistics and payload and types of missiles. Americans would not just raise a howl.
vlad127490

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11 February 2023 12: 31

It is necessary to develop something new, but now, today, how to smash the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thanks to Lukashenka for giving Polonaise. Lukashenka has ready production. The more missiles the better.
wlkw

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12 February 2023 19: 46

The Belarusians are great, no doubt, but this whole design makes sense only if there is a guided projectile, moreover, actively maneuvering.
But our entire range is covered, so there is no direct need for such a MLRS.
But on the other hand, if there is such a system, then why not test it in practice?
Sergei N

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21 February 2023 15: 20

Where are our analogues of Chinese A200 and M20 missiles?! What is our military-industrial complex doing?!
1. rotkiv04
  
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  23 February 2023 13: 16
  
  Quote: Sergei N
  Where are our analogues of Chinese A200 and M20 missiles?! What is our military-industrial complex doing?!
  
  the same as in the development of UAVs - cutting the dough
  1. Daniel K
    
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    26 February 2023 20: 45
    
    Quote: rotkiv04
    Quote: Sergei N
    Where are our analogues of Chinese A200 and M20 missiles?! What is our military-industrial complex doing?!
    
    the same as in the development of UAVs - cutting the dough
    
    You are ignorant. The military-industrial complex fulfills the orders of the Moscow Region. And the MO turns out to be effective new equipment and modern ammunition is not needed
rotkiv04

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23 February 2023 13: 14

What are you, but what about #has no analogues in the world#, the plywood marshal, together with the Kremlin Zhdun, hung noodles that the army was rearmed by 80%, what did it rearm with, maybe by building a temple in the park?
Daniel K

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26 February 2023 20: 43

Quote: Storm_2022
It is noted that the high-precision munition of 301 mm caliber can hit targets at a distance of 200 kilometers. And the upgraded version of Polonaise-M has a firing range of 290 kilometers (missiles A200 and A300, respectively).

And what prevents us from producing similar long-range rockets (A200 and A300) for domestic MLRS Tornado-S?
The main task is to equip promising RSs with domestic guidance systems in order to obtain a much more budgetary analogue of the Iskander-M OTRK missiles.

Good idea!!! It is not clear why homing projectiles have not yet been made