Polonez (multiple rocket launcher)

Polonez
Polonez
Type	Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin	Belarus
Service history
In service	2016 – present
Wars	2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict [ citation needed ]
Production history
Designed	2014
Produced	2014 – present
Specifications
Caliber	300 mm (12 in)
Maximum firing range	Polonez: 200 km (120 mi) Polonez-M: 290 km (186.4 mi)
Guidance system	Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) / inertial navigation system (INS)

The Polonez ^[1] is a Belarusian 300 mm rocket artillery system of a launcher unit comprising eight rockets packaged in two four-rocket pods mounted on a MZKT-7930 vehicle. ^[2] In 2018, it was exported to Azerbaijan. ^{[3] [4]} The system was designed by the Belarusian Plant of Precision Electromechanics in cooperation with a foreign country, probably China. The first combat missile launches were carried out in China. ^[5] The 77th Separate Rocket Artillery Battalion of the 336th Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Belarusian Ground Forces is equipped with it. ^[6] An upgraded version called Polonez-M passed all trials and has been accepted into service by the Belarusian Ground Forces as of May 2019. Polonez-M has an increased range of 290 km (186.4 mi), a higher share of domestic components and can fire the improved A-300 missile. ^{[7] [8] [9]} The first delivery was conducted in November 2023. ^[10]

See also

• Katyusha, BM-13, BM-8, and BM-31 multiple rocket launchers of World War II
• T-122 Sakarya, Turkish 122 mm multiple launch rocket system
• Fajr-5, Iranian 333 mm long-range multiple launch rocket system
• TOROS, Turkish 230 and 260 mm multiple launch rocket system
• BM-14, Soviet 140 mm multiple launch rocket system
• BM-21 Grad, Soviet 122 mm multiple launch rocket system
• BM-27 Uragan, Soviet 220 mm multiple launch rocket system
• M270, U.S. multiple launch rocket system
• Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher, Indian 214 mm multiple launch rocket system
• TOS-1 Buratino, Soviet / Russian Heavy Flame Thrower System (multiple rocket / thermobaric weapon launcher)

References

1. "Polonez Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Belarus - Army Technology". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
2. International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (9 February 2016). "The Military Balance 2016". The Military Balance. 116. Routledge: 181–183. doi: 10.1080/04597222.2016.1127558 .
3. "A new batch of "Polonez" weapons has arrived in Azerbaijan - VIDEO". mod.gov.az. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
4. "Azerbaijan Shows off Polonez, LORA Missiles From Belarus, Israel". Jamestown. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
5. "Developing missile technology is Belarus' strategic priority". Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
6. "MILEX 2019: Polonez-M MLRS enters service in Belarusian army | MILEX 2019 News Online Show Daily Minsk Belarus | Defence security military exhibition 2019 daily news category". www.armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
7. "MILEX 2019: Polonez-M MLRS enters service in Belarusian army". Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
8. "Belarus unveils upgraded Polonez-M MRL system". Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
9. "Multiple launch rocket systems "Polonez"/missile system "Polonez-M" – Precision Electromechanics Plant" . Retrieved 14 July 2021.
10. "ЦАМТО / / В Вооруженные силы Республики Беларусь поступил новейший комплекс РСЗО «Полонез-М»". ЦАМТО / Центр анализа мировой торговли оружием (in Russian). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

External links

• Polonez Multiple launch rocket system ^{[ usurped ]}
• Polonez Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Belarus