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Poland plans to transfer to Ukraine the last remaining Soviet-made multiple launch rocket systems "Grad", Russian military expert Daniil Bezsonov reports, citing his own sources.
According to the expert, Warsaw is preparing to transfer the last remaining 50 Grad MLRS in service to the Armed Forces of Ukraine of an outdated modification based on the Ural-375 car. Poland is getting rid of the last Soviet jet systems against the background of the conclusion of a contract with South Korea for the purchase of 288 MLRS K239 Chipmoo.
It is worth noting that this is not the first transfer of these systems to Kiev, in mid-October this year Warsaw transferred 24 similar systems to Ukraine. They differ from the Grad MLRS in service with the AFU, the systems are installed on the platforms of Ural-375D three-axle four-wheel drive trucks. These jet systems were delivered to Poland in the 70s of the last century from the Soviet Union. The Grads that are in service with the AFU, as a rule, are located on the basis of the Ural-4320, except for the already modern alterations on the basis of the KRAZ.
Poles have long planned to get rid of the old Soviet-style rocket fire systems, as well as ammunition for these MLRS. Back in December last year, Poland shipped 5,000 rockets to these MLRS, the instruction came from the sponsors of the regime from overseas.
Poland by 2007 had 227 BM-21 Grad units in service on the chassis of the Ural-375 four-wheel drive truck. In 2008, the Polish Ministry of Defense ordered the modernization of installations with the replacement of the Ural-375 chassis with a Jelcz 662D with a 6x6 wheel formula. The new MLRS was named WR-40 Langusta. There is no exact information about the number of upgraded installations at the moment, but they still remain in service with the Polish army. At the same time, it is not excluded that the WR-40 Langusta MLRS will also be transferred to Ukraine.
