Ukrainian artillerymen use HIMARS to destroy a rare Russian 2B26 Grad rocket system on a KAMAZ-5350 chassis
The Ukrainian Defence Forces continue to actively use the M142 HIMARS highly mobile artillery system to destroy Russian artillery.
Here's What We Know
The Russian army uses BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers. However, they also have a rarer system in their arsenal. It is called the 2B26 Grad and is built on a KAMAZ-5350 chassis. According to Oryx, Ukrainian forces have destroyed only two such systems.
#Ukraine: An uncommon 2B26 Grad 122mm multiple rocket launcher on a KaMAZ-5350 chassis was destroyed by a GMLRS strike of the Ukrainian army in #Zaporizhzhia Oblast. pic.twitter.com/XLkS03c8aC
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It was the 2B26 Grad that was destroyed recently in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The 2B26 "Grad" was eliminated with a high-precision GMLRS projectile, which has approximately 180,000 tungsten balls to increase the area of impact.
Recently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been using HIMARS frequently. We recently wrote about the destruction of the Msta-S, Gvozdika, Giatsint howitzers and BM-21 Grad missile system.
Source: @UAWeapons
