It's official: MARS II rocket systems have already arrived in Ukraine and are ready to destroy Russian ammunition depots
MARS II multiple rocket launchers have arrived in Ukraine from Germany.
What is known
Last week, German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht announced the transfer of MARS II multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine. on August 1, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov wrote that the MLRS had arrived in Ukraine.
The third brother in the Long Hand family - MLRS MARS II from Germany - has arrived in Ukraine.
- Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov) August 1, 2022
Thank you to Germany and personally to my colleague #DefenceMinister Christine Lambrecht for these systems.
Our artillerymen salute our German partners!
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MARS II is a European analogue of the US M270 MLRS, which is also Ukrainian Armed Forces showed the fire work of the M270 MLRS missile system for the first time. The launcher is equipped with the Airbus fire control system, which enables firing of M31, M31A1, M32 and AT2 missiles.
MARS II has a 12-track launcher (two blocks of six missiles) and can hit targets at a distance of up to 70 km. Germany transferred three multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine. Thus, together with the M270 MLRS and M142 HIMARS the number of foreign MLRSs has already exceeded 20 units.
Source: @oleksiireznikov
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