Ukrainian Vilkha-M missile system will be able to hit targets at almost two greater distances than HIMARS with GMLRS missiles - modernized missiles with a range of 150 km are being developed

New missiles will be developed for the Ukrainian multiple launch rocket system "Vilkha-M",

which will almost double the target engagement range compared to the GMLRS for the M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS. This was reported by the American publication The War Zone.

What is known

Vilkha is a Ukrainian tactical missile system that uses 300mm corrective munitions. It was built on the basis of the Soviet Smerch multiple launch rocket system.

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Even before the full-scale invasion begantesting of the Vilkha-M system, which uses missiles with a launch range of 110 km. The projectile has a length of 7.6 meters. According to The War Zone, the launch range will be increased to 150 km.

This means that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able tohit enemy targets at twice the distance than with the highly mobile M142 HIMARS systems. They use high-precision GMLRS rockets with a maximum launch range of about 80 km.

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Head of the National Defense Associationindustry of Ukraine, Ivan Vinnik confirmed that the Vilha-M multiple launch rocket system is used on the battlefield. However, he did not answer the question in which direction of the front.

In a conversation with journalists of The War Zone Vinniknoted that the modernization program began in 2018. Since then, about 100 rockets for Vilha-M have been fired. They were first used in May 2022. Vinnik added that the appearance of modernized missiles with a launch range of 150 km is expected by the expected date of the counteroffensive in southern Ukraine.

Questions about the possible use of "Vilha-M" againappeared last week, when the temporarily occupied Mariupol was shelled. The city is located about 80 km from the front line. Ivan Vinnik did not talk about which missiles were used for the attack.