What is the RM-70 Vampire MLRS?

• 122 mm rocket salvo fire system
• in fact, it is an analogue of the Soviet BM-21 “Grad”.
• can use unguided missiles of both Soviet (9M22 and 9M28) and other production
• It can be equipped with a fire control system that combines a computer, a digital ballistic calculator, a combined navigation system and an information exchange system to ensure fast and accurate shooting.

Designed by who

• By the Czech private company Excalibur Army, which continued to work on the RM-70 122-mm MLRS and created its version called the RM-70 Vampire.

when i come to ukraine

in April 2022

Who gave the equipment

Czech Republic

How much did Ukraine get?

20 pieces

What are the benefits?

• computer, ballistic calculator, satellite navigation, information exchange over an encrypted channel – in the complex, the time from target detection to its destruction is reduced many times
• easier to reload: hydraulics open the guide tubes 180 degrees and set the zero elevation angle. All 40 shells in the rack are fed into the guide tubes simultaneously
• Two minutes after the first salvo, the RM-70 can fire a second salvo and leave the combat position before the enemy retaliates.

Additional equipment and weapons

• protection against radio station, fire extinguishers and weapons of mass destruction
• In the front part of the chassis, a bulldozer dump is mounted, from which a firing position can be equipped or obstacles from the road can be removed.
• winch for self-ejection of the launcher
• A 7.62mm machine gun can be mounted on the roof of the RM-70 armored cabin

Features of RM-70:

Weight: 25.7 tons

Chassis: 8×8, Tatra 815-7

overall dimensions – length 8,800 mm, width 2,500 mm

Engine power: 407 hp.

Maximum speed: 85 km/h

Caliber: 122mm

Number of guides: 40

Firing range: 20.4 km (for 9M22U shell)

Weight of the 9M22U projectile: 66 kg

Weight of the explosive in the warhead of the 9M22U projectile: 6.4 kg

charging time – 2 min

Crew – 4 people.

Resources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220331094822/http://armyrecognition.com/april_2016_global_defense_security_news_industry/excalibur_army_offers_a_modern_version_of_the_rm-70_rocket_artillery_system_41304163.html

https://www.unian.ua/war/cheska-rszv-rm-70-vampire-chim-vona-vidriznyayetsya-vid-bm-21-grad-novini-vtorgnennya-rosiji-v-ukrajinu-11801706.html

https://fakty.com.ua/ua/svit/20220416-potuzhnisha-nizh-grad-shho-vidomo-pro-reaktyvnu-systemu-rm-70-vampire/