Ukrainian aviation began to use American unguided Zuni air-to-ground missiles

In January, the United States announced that it would transfer Zuni unguided missiles for aircraft to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukrainian aviation

I've already started using them.

What is known

Photos of Zuni missiles were published by the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Nikolai Oleshchuk, as well as military analyst @Osinttechnical.

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces use Zuni with Su-25 attack aircraft. According to open data, Ukraine received about 4,000 such missiles.

Ukrainian Su-25 armed with US-supplied Zuni 5-inch Folding-Fin Aircraft Rockets (FFAR) pic.twitter.com/yrwzWZlv44

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 1, 2023

For those who are not in the know

Zuni is an American unguided rocketair-ground class. It was developed in the 50s. It is designed to destroy ground targets at a distance of up to 8 km. The rocket has a diameter of 127 mm, weighs more than 36 kg and can fly at speeds of up to 2599 km/h. Zuni is equipped with different warheads: high-explosive, high-explosive, armor-piercing, illuminating, smoke and dipole reflective.

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Source: @Osinttechnical, @MykolaOleshchuk