Evolution of the war monster! In the Ukraine-Russia battlefield, long-range rocket launchers have always been an unavoidable presence. Both sides have BM-27 "Hurricane" 220mm caliber rocket launchers and BM-30 "Tornado" 300mm caliber rocket launchers. With the guidance of drones, these rocket launchers with a range of 40-120 kilometers, each rocket shell is equivalent to 150-250 kg of aerial bomb, should exert powerful striking power.
But due to the Ukrainian army's ammunition reserves have long been exhausted, and related military factories have been continuously attacked, they have now highly dependent on drones and Western weapons. The Russian side also needs improvement. The Motovilikhinsky factory demonstrated a new version of the "Tornado" rocket launcher - "Sarmat". This rocket launcher has only six guide tubes, half of the "Tornado", and uses the Kamaz-63501 high-mobility military truck chassis, 8*8 drive, which is more compact and agile than the MZ-543M special vehicle chassis used by the "Tornado" rocket launcher.
To cope with the suicide drones everywhere on the Ukraine-Russia battlefield, being compact, flexible, and having a quick response and fast setup and withdrawal speed is key.
Moreover, the original MZ-543M chassis was developed and produced by the Minsk Automobile Plant in Belarus. Russia needs to completely master the supply chain of important weapons, so it must use its own chassis.
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