WR-40 Langusta is a Polish self-propelled multiple rocket launcher developed by Centrum Produkcji Wojskowej HSW SA. The first 32 units of the WR-40 entered service in 2010.
WR-40 Langusta | |
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WR-40 prototype | |
Type | Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher |
Place of origin | ![]() |
Service history | |
Used by | Wojska Lądowe |
Production history | |
Designed | 2006 |
Manufacturer | Huta Stalowa Wola |
Specifications | |
Mass | 17,000 kilograms (37,479 lb) |
Length | 8.58 m (28 ft 2 in) |
Width | 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in) |
Height | 2.74 m (9 ft) |
Crew | 4 |
Caliber | 122.4 mm (4.8 in) |
Barrels | 40 |
Maximum firing range | 42 km[1][unreliable source?] |
Armor | Steel |
Engine | Iveco Aifo Cursor 8 EURO 3 259 kW (347 hp) |
Suspension | 6x6 wheeled |
Operational range | 650 km (400 mi) |
Maximum speed | 85 km/h (53 mph) |
The Langusta (crawfish) is based on a deeply modernized and re-worked Soviet cold-war era BM-21 launcher. The old petrol Ural-375D truck chassis was replaced with a modern one, and the launcher was fitted with a fire control system.[2] The carrier used is Polish 6x6 Jelcz truck model P662D.35 with low-profile armoured cabin for a whole crew.[2][3] Also new ammunition Feniks-Z with 42 km range was adopted.[2]
The prototype was made in 2006 and given to the army in 2007, after successful trials.[2] A series modernization of 75 vehicles followed.
Another step in the modernization of Polish rocket artillery is project 'Homar', corresponding to HIMARS rocket system, carried on from 2007.
See also
edit- BM-21 Grad – (Soviet Union)
- RS-122 – (Georgia)
- RM-70 multiple rocket launcher – (Czechoslovakia)
References
edit- ^ "Langusta WR-40 Rocket Launcher".
- ^ a b c d Kiński, Andrzej (2007). "Pierwsza Langusta przekazana". Nowa Technika Wojskowa (in Polish). No. 4/2007. Warsaw: Magnum-X. pp. 16–20.
- ^ Grzegorz Hołdanowicz, Feta z Langustą, RAPORT-wto 04/2007 Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine (Polish)