Ukraine Finds a Russian BM-21 Grad, Its Ride and Its Rockets—Then Wipes Out All Three, Video

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces struck three Russian targets in a single raid, destroying a BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system, a vehicle and a large stockpile of rockets, the 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment reported on September 9.

Operators from the regiment’s Shadow Pack unit identified all three targets in the same operational area: a camouflaged Grad launcher, a light vehicle hidden beneath netting and a large quantity of rockets stored under a temporary canopy.

The targets were then engaged one after another. A drone first struck the Grad launcher, followed by the vehicle. A third hit landed directly on the ammunition storage site.

Footage released by the regiment shows the rocket stockpile erupting in a powerful secondary detonation, with explosions continuing well after the initial impact as stored munitions ignited.

The 3rd Regiment said the blasts left a large crater where the ammunition cache had been located, while the launcher, vehicle and stored rockets were reduced to wreckage.

The Grad remains one of Russia’s most widely used multiple-launch rocket systems in its war of aggression against Ukraine. Developed in the early 1960s, it entered Soviet service in 1963 and has since appeared in conflicts around the world.

Mounted on a Ural-4320 truck chassis, the system carries 40 launch tubes for 122mm rockets and can fire its entire load in roughly 20 seconds.

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A full Grad salvo can saturate an area of up to 14.5 hectares, or about 36 acres, making the launcher particularly dangerous against troop concentrations, defensive positions, and infrastructure.

Depending on the ammunition used, the BM-21 can engage targets at ranges of up to 40 kilometers, or roughly 25 miles.

Earlier, Russian troops used a tank as an improvised transport vehicle to reach their positions before abandoning the armored vehicle and fleeing on foot, leaving Ukrainian FPV drone operators to destroy it.

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