M-63 Plamen
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The M-63 "Plamen" is a Yugoslav multiple rocket launcher
. Developed in 1963 and immediately accepted into the Yugoslav Peoples Army.
Professor Obrad Vucurovic, Mechanical Engineering time, Chief operating officer of the Artillery department of Military Technical Institute as project manager and chief engineer, developed and managed construction and production of the M-63 Plamen.
MRL M-63 "Plamen" main purpose is support of front-line units, with strong and sudden attacks on enemy forces. It can be also used against enemy structures such as encampments, airfields, industrial facilities, command centers, communication centers, storehouses, etc.
The M-63 Plamen consists of 32 Ø128mm tubes, which can fire original Plamen-A and Plamen B rockets with a range of 8,600m. The effect of each rocket on the target is equivalent to the effect of a 105mm artillery shell. All 32 rockets can be fired in either 6.4, 12.5 or 19.2 seconds. The launcher is mounted on a single axle trailer which can be towed by vehicles with a 800mm high tow hitch. The towing vehicle carries reserve rockets, so the battle complement is 64 missiles.
This system was widely used during the Yugoslav wars
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Multiple rocket launcher
A multiple rocket launcher is a type of unguided rocket artillery system. Like other rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers are less accurate and have a much lower rate of fire than batteries of traditional artillery guns...
. Developed in 1963 and immediately accepted into the Yugoslav Peoples Army.
Professor Obrad Vucurovic, Mechanical Engineering time, Chief operating officer of the Artillery department of Military Technical Institute as project manager and chief engineer, developed and managed construction and production of the M-63 Plamen.
MRL M-63 "Plamen" main purpose is support of front-line units, with strong and sudden attacks on enemy forces. It can be also used against enemy structures such as encampments, airfields, industrial facilities, command centers, communication centers, storehouses, etc.
The M-63 Plamen consists of 32 Ø128mm tubes, which can fire original Plamen-A and Plamen B rockets with a range of 8,600m. The effect of each rocket on the target is equivalent to the effect of a 105mm artillery shell. All 32 rockets can be fired in either 6.4, 12.5 or 19.2 seconds. The launcher is mounted on a single axle trailer which can be towed by vehicles with a 800mm high tow hitch. The towing vehicle carries reserve rockets, so the battle complement is 64 missiles.
This system was widely used during the Yugoslav wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
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Yugoslavia
- M-63 "Plamen" – Original towed 32-tube 128 mm multiple rocket launcher. Uses Plamen-A and Plamen-B rockets (with a range of 8,600 m).
Serbia
- M-94 "Plamen-S" – Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher. Launcher mounted on 6x6 truck. The M-94 is able to use original Plamen-A and Plamen-B rockets (with a range of 8,600 m) and the new "Plamen-S" rocket (with a range 12,625 m).
Croatia
- RAK-12 – Croatian-made towed multiple rocket launcher with twelve 128 mm pipes, enabling weapon to be towed by lighter vehicles like Jeeps. The launcher fires two types of rockets: M 91 (range 8500 m) and M 93 (range 13000 m). The Croatian Army operates eight RAK-12 MRLs with some 60 held in reserve.
- LOV RAK-24 – Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher with twenty-four 128 mm pipes. The MRL is mounted on Croatian-made light armored personnel carrier LOV.