Today, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shared several videos with the combat use of American MLRS HIMARS. It is alleged that both were recorded in the Zaporizhzhia region, but they were made at different times of the day.
First video recorded early in the morning at dawn. Two rocket artillery systems fired without moving off the road.
The second video was taken late at night. In this case fixed how four HIMARS units work at once. According to the General Staff, the gunners hit different targets at the same time. This is also noticeable in the different trajectories of rockets.
M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) is an American multiple launch rocket system on a wheeled chassis. Each vehicle can carry six MLRS rockets with a range of up to 70 km.
HIMARS in Ukraine. Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukraine received the HIMARS MLRS from the United States after Ukrainian artillerymen received the necessary training.
HIMARS in Ukraine. Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov confirmed the arrival of the first four HIMARS systems in Ukraine on June 23. Later it became known that the United States was preparing to transfer four more HIMARS units to Ukraine.