HIMARS / MLRS destroyed Russian Uragan and Grad multiple launch rocket systems with GRMLS high-precision projectiles

Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to use Western HIMARS/MLRS missile systems to destroy Russian

rocket and cannon artillery.

What is known

The Armed Forces of Ukraine were able to destroy immediatelytwo multiple launch rocket systems of the Russian army. The video shows the elimination of "Hurricane" and "Grad". Both systems were destroyed in the Zaporozhye region.

#Ukraine: A Russian Uragan 9P140 220mm and a 9P138 Grad-1 122mm multiple rocket launcher were destroyed by Ukrainian GMRLS strikes in #Zaporizhzhia Oblast. pic.twitter.com/vq7POs0n9f

— ???????? Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) July 13, 2023

The defense forces hit the "Hurricane" (220 mm) and "Grad"(120 mm) high-precision rockets GMLRS launch range. This means that the strike was carried out using the M142 HIMARS or M270 MLRS (MARS II / LRU).

According to Oryx, the number of Uragan systems,which the Russian army has lost since February 24, 2022, has exceeded 60 units. At least six of them became trophies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As for the Grad systems, over the same period of time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed about 100 units, damaged more than half a dozen, and captured over three dozen more.