WR-40_Langusta

WR-40 Langusta

WR-40 Langusta

Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher

"Langusta" redirects here. For the animal, see spiny lobster.

WR-40 Langusta is a Polish self-propelled multiple rocket launcher developed by Centrum Produkcji Wojskowej HSW SA. The first 32 units of the WR-40 entered service in 2010.

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The Langusta (crawfish) is based on a deeply modernized and re-worked Soviet cold-war era BM-21 launcher. Old petrol Ural-375D truck chassis was replaced with a modern one, and the launcher was fitted with a fire control system.[2] The carrier used is Polish 6x6 Jelcz truck model P662D.35 with low-profile armoured cabin for a whole crew.[2][3] Also new ammunition Feniks-Z with 42 km range was adopted.[2]

The prototype was made in 2006 and given to the Army in 2007, after successful trials.[2] A series modernization of 75 vehicles followed.

Another step in the modernization of Polish rocket artillery is project 'Homar', corresponding to HIMARS rocket system, carried on from 2007.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Langusta WR-40 Rocket Launcher".
  2. [2]
    Kiński, Andrzej (2007). "Pierwsza Langusta przekazana". Nowa Technika Wojskowa (in Polish). No. 4/2007. Warsaw: Magnum-X. pp. 16–20.
  3. [3]
    Grzegorz Hołdanowicz, Feta z Langustą, RAPORT-wto 04/2007 Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine (Polish)
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