"Improvised Russian MLRS" Topic

Russian improvised MLRS – shipborne anti-submarine bomb launcher "Smerch – 2", a weapon removed from decommissioned ships and mounted on a truck chassis. Freelance used to enhance the firepower of Marine units.
In this video, due to the insufficient length of the shooting range, the ammunition often does not have time to cock and therefore does not explode.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBU-6000

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We have certainly seen some interesting improvised weaponry, a trend becoming common after the Bosnia conflict,

Tally Ho!

In fact, improvised weapons have been widely used by the regular army since at least the First World War… There are never too many guns in war)))

Thanks Cuprum2!!

I love Mad Max contraptions no matter who builds them! Thank you Cuprum

Hey Cuprum!
Western news says Russia is in a war time economy.
Can you tell the difference, if any you have noticed ?

These should do very well against the Ukrainian Improvised Land Submarines.

Man, reloading that thing must be a serious pain.

Tgerritsen, the video says that it is usually only used once in battle. As I understand it, this is either a salvo at the fortifications before the assault, or a strike on the advancing enemy. But it's pretty powerful stuff. It is twice as powerful as the charge from the Grad installation. I think it's a very unpleasant thing if you come under fire from it. And I think any commander would not refuse to have such a thing in his reserve in excess of staff…

JMcCarroll, prices have increased noticeably in two years, however, incomes have also increased following them.
Unemployment has almost disappeared – enterprises are trying in every possible way to lure employees, especially skilled workers, to factories.
Due to the revived economy, demand is growing. It's about doubled in my hobby shop – I just understand that people have more money to spend on hobbies.
On the streets I sometimes see people in military uniforms with military awards. Veterans return after the end of their contract or on leave.
There are significantly more Chinese cars – the number of Japanese, European and American ones has decreased.
I can't think of any other noticeable changes.

By the way, this guy from the DPR has a very interesting channel. He tests Russian, Ukrainian and Western weapons. Including tanks and artillery! And his brains are tightly twisted on one side – for example, he shoots from an anti-tank rifle with his hands…

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Watch the last frames of the video.

An interesting idea, shades of the Australian Matilda variant that carried Hedgehog ASW projectiles for use against bynkers

There are bomb launchers from decommissioned ships, there is a large amount of old ammunition and there is a need for additional firepower…

The HE effect must be incredible, it probably levels buildings. Is it used as artillery or more of a direct fire weapon like a Sturmtiger or JSU152 to level buildings and fortifications? A kind of stand off demolition vehicle without armor?

I think the Russkies should call it a Crap-tusha!

Ha!Ha!…

Armand

I'd hate to be the guy driving that thing around on the battlefield. Range as low as 1700m, depending how old the rockets are.

Dragon Gunner, I have never seen reports of the use of this installation in populated areas. In addition, it is unlikely that this projectile will be able to penetrate deeper into the obstacle, which means the explosion will occur on the surface. I think the point here is to cover a large area with a series of powerful explosions following one after another, the effect of which is cumulative. I think that any equipment located in the attacked territory will be damaged or destroyed, and people will at least be shell-shocked and lose their combat effectiveness. In my opinion, a good support weapon on the battlefield, which is better to have than not to have.

This was taken three days ago – as I understand it, this is a "harassing fire":
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Editor in Chief Bill, there are installations created on the chassis of old tanks:
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Russian article about Russian naval guns used in field combat (automatic translation):

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These weapons are originally designed as anti submarine weapons. They are designed to throw a pattern of deptcharges around a subs position.

I guess they are better than nothing but not by much.

Range is generally short, precision is probably quite low (but this is off set by the fact that it is a "area weapon*". Probably not much shrapnel, just blast effect (as it is designed to combat submarines).