Ukraine Destroys Soviet-Era Russian Rocket Launcher Designed for Vietnam Guerrillas, Video

Ukrainian forces have destroyed a rare Soviet-era rocket launcher originally designed for guerrilla warfare during the Vietnam War, as part of a series of precision strikes on Russian artillery and logistics in eastern Ukraine, according to the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade on December 16.

Ukrainian units carried out coordinated drone strikes against Russian rear-area assets on the Kostiantynivka axis.

While Russian forces continue attacks on civilian areas and energy infrastructure, Ukrainian drone operators are methodically targeting the systems that enable those strikes, the brigade said.

According to confirmed results from the operation, Ukrainian forces destroyed or damaged seven artillery pieces, more than ten vehicles, and several ground-based robotic systems.

Among the verified targets was a Grad-P rocket launcher—an exceptionally uncommon weapon that Russia developed decades ago primarily for export rather than conventional battlefield use.

The strikes were carried out by pilots from the Spalakh unmanned systems battalion, along with drone teams from Kurt&Company and R.V. of the brigade’s 3rd Mechanized Battalion.

Earlier, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces carried out precision overnight strikes against Russian military targets in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region.

In the area near the settlement of Blahodatne, SSO drone operators used FP-2 strike drones to hit a storage site for a BM-27 Uragan multiple launch rocket system, as well as positions where its crews and supporting personnel were located.

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