M-87 "Orkan" [1] - the Yugoslav and Serbian multiple launch rocket system of caliber 262 mm, which is in service with several countries of the former Yugoslavia and Iraq [2] .
| M-87 Orkan | |
|---|---|
 MLRS Orkan | |
| Classification | MLRS |
| Chassis | ZIL-135 LM, FAP 2832 BS / AB |
| Story | |
| Country of development |  Yugoslavia ( Yugoimport SDPR ) |
| Years of production | mid 1990s |
| Years of operation | 1990s – present |
| Number of issued | 18 pcs. |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight without shells and calculation | 32,000 kg |
| Travel Length | 9000 mm |
| Stowed Width | 2640 mm |
| Travel height | 3840 mm |
| Armament | |
| Caliber | 262 mm |
| Number of guides | 12 |
| Lesion area | 165 x 180 (one shell) m² |
| Maximum elevation angle | 65 ° |
| Accuracy (dispersion) | 245 (horizontal), 280 (vertical) m |
| BM calculation | 5 pax |
| Transferring the system from traveling to combat no more | 10 min |
| Volley time | 3.8-5.4 s |
| Time for urgent abandonment of the firing position after a volley no more | 3 min |
| Mobility | |
| engine's type | diesel |
| Highway Speed | 80 km / h |
Content
Purpose
The main weapons of the Orkan MLRS are cluster warheads, which are used to destroy manpower, tanks, mechanized and motorized combat units, as well as enemy aircraft. It is used in air and sea landing, attacks on command posts and strategically important structures, as fire support for other artillery and tactical ballistic missiles, as well as for the destruction of enemy aircraft located on the ground directly in the open, rear structures, temporary military and industrial facilities and terrorist bases. Armed for self-defense with a 12.7 mm machine gun and 24 anti-tank mines.
Features
Basic
- Crew: 5 people
- Chassis: ZIL-135
- The main weapon: 12 × 262 mm 9P113 M2 missile launchers
- Rotation angle: ± 7.5 ° horizontal and 3.5 ° -65 ° vertical
- Full recharge time: 40 min
- Transfer time from marching to combat position: up to 10 minutes
- Transfer time from combat to stowed position: up to 3 minutes
- Installation Length: 10690 mm
- Installation width without platform: 2800 mm
- Installation Height: 3035 mm
- Installation height with a maximum angle of rise: 10100 mm
Ammunition
For shooting from Orkan used 262-mm rockets.
- Missile mass with warhead and electronic sensors: 94.5 kg
- Mass of electronic sensors: 3.35 kg
- Mass of fuel without injection: 147.8 kg
- Rocket Length: 4657 mm
- Length without warhead: 4357 mm
- The area of destruction of one cluster warhead: 165 x 180 square meters
- Damage radius: 10 m
- Penetrated Armor: up to 60 mm
- Flight time: 3.8-5.4 s (4.3 at normal temperature)
- Maximum range of a rocket at normal temperature: 50 km
- Dispersion: 245 m horizontal and 280 m vertical
Also, for Orkan, three types of cluster munitions of remote mining of the territory were developed [3] :
- 262 mm rocket with cluster warhead equipped with 24 pcs. KPOM anti-tank mines weighing 1.8 kg;
- 262 mm rocket with cluster warhead equipped with 288 pcs. cumulative fragmentation elements KB-1;
- 262 mm rocket with cluster warhead equipped with 288 pcs. cumulative fragmentation elements KB-2.
262 mm missiles are delivered in containers weighing 432 kg.
Armed
- Bosnia and Herzegovina : 2 pcs.
- Croatia : 4 pcs.
- Serbia - 3 units, as of 2016 [4]
- Iraq : 8 pcs. (under the name "Ababel 50") [5] [6] .
Notes
- ↑ 262 mm M87 Orkan multiple launch rocket system .
- ↑ Lancer self-propelled rocket of a quadruple 262 mm M87 ORKAN Archived September 26, 2015 on Wayback Machine (Serb.)
- ↑ Ivan Kochin. Field, minefield ... // Weapon magazine, No. 12, 2012. pp. 40-59
- ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Military Balance 2016 / James Hackett. - London: Taylor & Francis, 2016 .-- S. 134. - ISBN 9781857438352 .
- ↑ استعراض الجيش العراقي 1990 (الجيش الرابع عالمياً آنذاك) on YouTube
- ↑ M-87 "ORKAN" LRSV Ababil-50 (English)