Multiple Rocket Launcher System MBRL of India

Multiple rocket launcher used by Indian Artillery Regiment

Smerch 9K58 MBRL  

Smerch 9K58 MBRL

Origin : Russia
Status : Inducted 300 mm multiple rocket launch system. In future it will be replaced by Pinaka mk3.

Smerch 9K58 MBRL is designed to defeat soft and hard-skinned targets, artillery and missile systems.
Indian Army in 2002 carried out a series of firing trials of the modernized Smerch-M system, which features an automatic rocket preparing and launching system and an increased range of up to 90km. In December 2005, India placed an order for an initial 38 systems. Deliveries began in May 2007.

Pinaka MBRL 

Pinaka MBRL in Republic Day Prade

Origin : India
Mk1 Status : Inducted(30 km Range).
Mk2 Status : Testing/ Induction Phase(Completed by 2016)(65 km Range).
Mk3 Status  :Under Development(120 km Range). It is a 214 mm multiple rocket launch system.

It is going to Replacing the 122 mm BM-21. Currently Pinaka MBRL is produced at a heavy rate of 5000 missiles per year.
Pinaka introduced during the Kargil War, where it was successful in neutralizing enemy positions on the mountain tops. It has since been inducted into the Indian Army in large numbers.

BM-21

Origin : Soviet Union
Status : Inducted/Replacing Modernized rockets with range of 40 km was purchased from Russia. To be replaced by Pinaka.




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