Milex 2017: Belarus exhibits the BM-21A MLRS 82405174

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 Milex 2017: Belarus has exhibited the BM-21A Multiple Launch Rocket System
Belarus’s 2566th Radioelectronic Armament Repair Plant has developed an upgraded version of the Grad multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). The upgraded system designated as BM-21A BelGrad has been shown at the MILEX 2017 international arms exhibition being held in Minsk.
     
Belarus’s 2566th Radioelectronic Armament Repair Plant has developed an upgraded version of the Grad multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). The upgraded system designated as BM-21A BelGrad has been shown at the MILEX 2017 international arms exhibition being held in Minsk.
Belarusian BM-21A MLRS
     
The BM-21A system is based on the MAZ-631705 chassis instead of the Ural-375 platform of the baseline Grad system. The upgraded system has shelves for additional 60 rockets and a traverse platform for rocket loading from the shelves. The BelGrad system has received an advanced radio station.

The upgraded system’s speed has grown to 85 km/h (53 mph), endurance to 1,200 kilometers (746 miles), engine capacity to 330 hp and ammunition load to 100 rockets, with 40 of them ready for launch. The system’s full salvo duration is 20 seconds and the number of launch tubes is 40.
     
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