M87 LRSV
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The M-87 Orkan is an Yugoslavian
self-propelled
multiple rocket launcher
. The generic M-87 project was configured with 12 launch tubes mounted on FAP 2832 truck. It has a range of about 50km, able to deliver war heads, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. Very few of these were ever built, The Orkan project was finished at a pre-production level in the early 90's.
Professor Obrad Vucurovic, Mechanical Engineer, Chief operating officer of the Artillery department of Military Technical Institute as project manager and chief engineer, developed and managed M-87 Orkan development.
Serbia
developed the M-96 Orkan II modification. The simplest solution was to integrate 4 262mm launch tubes on a ZIL-135
launcher as it required minimum investment. The basic purpose of these modified launchers can be restored.
According to prof. Obrad Vucurovic, the chief operating officer of the Artillery department of Military Technical Institute Orkan was never a copy of any previous designs. The Yugoslav ideology when developing the system was based on the premise that countries who copy designs are at least five years behind of those who have the weapons developed. Accordingly the Orkan is unique because it has the ability to disperse antitank or antipersonnel mines up to 50 km from the firing location. This example illustrates the forward thinking that went into designing Orkan.
The M-87 Orkan can disperse its ordinence up to 50km including:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
self-propelled
Self-propelled
Self-propelled often refers to some form of self-propelled travel. It can refer to* Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon* Self-propelled anti-tank gun* Self-propelled artillery* Self-propelled barge T-36* Self-propelled gun* Self-propelled mortar...
multiple rocket launcher
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...
. The generic M-87 project was configured with 12 launch tubes mounted on FAP 2832 truck. It has a range of about 50km, able to deliver war heads, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. Very few of these were ever built, The Orkan project was finished at a pre-production level in the early 90's.
Professor Obrad Vucurovic, Mechanical Engineer, Chief operating officer of the Artillery department of Military Technical Institute as project manager and chief engineer, developed and managed M-87 Orkan development.
Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
developed the M-96 Orkan II modification. The simplest solution was to integrate 4 262mm launch tubes on a ZIL-135
ZIL-135
The ZIL-135 is a large, 8 wheeled military transport and self-propelled artillery truck produced in the Cold War by the Soviet Union starting in 1966. Its purpose was to carry and launch an artillery missile, specifically a FROG-7, from surface-to-surface...
launcher as it required minimum investment. The basic purpose of these modified launchers can be restored.
According to prof. Obrad Vucurovic, the chief operating officer of the Artillery department of Military Technical Institute Orkan was never a copy of any previous designs. The Yugoslav ideology when developing the system was based on the premise that countries who copy designs are at least five years behind of those who have the weapons developed. Accordingly the Orkan is unique because it has the ability to disperse antitank or antipersonnel mines up to 50 km from the firing location. This example illustrates the forward thinking that went into designing Orkan.
The M-87 Orkan can disperse its ordinence up to 50km including:
- Cluster bombs
- Anti personnel mines
- Anti tank mines