Artillery systems with the highest rate of fire

43 of the 58 artillery systems in the WeaponSpecs database publish a rate of fire figure, and the top 25 are listed here. Ranked on the published number alone, highest first, with no weighting and no composite score. The 15 artillery systems with no published figure are not ranked, absent data is never treated as a low value.

10 of the 25 entries below (Russia, China) rest on manufacturer or state claims with limited independent verification, marked † in the table. Treat their position in this ranking as directional, not tested.

Artillery systems with the highest rate of fire, ranked by published rate of fire
#	System	Rate of fire	Source
1	BM-21 Grad † Splav	40 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
2	TOS-1A Solntsepyok † Uralvagonzavod	24 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
3	BM-27 Uragan † Motovilikha Plants	16 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
4	2S35 Koalitsiya-SV † Uralvagonzavod	16 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
5	BM-30 Smerch † Splav	12 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
6	9A54 Tornado-S † Splav	12 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
7	Pinaka Defence Research and Development Organisation	12 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
8	TREMOS Patria	12 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-08-07
9	PzH 2000 KNDS	10 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
10	NEMO Container Patria	10 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-08-07
11	NEMO Patria	10 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-17
12	Archer Artillery System BAE Systems	8 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
13	M120 Rak Huta Stalowa Wola	8 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
14	PLZ-05 † NORINCO	8 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
15	2A65 Msta-B (towed variant) † Motovilikha Plants	8 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
16	2S19 Msta-S † Uralvagonzavod	7 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
17	T-155 Fırtına MKE	6 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
18	2S5 Giatsint-S † Uralvagonzavod	6 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
19	AHS Krab Huta Stalowa Wola	6 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
20	Primus SSPH 1 ST Engineering Land Systems	6 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
21	K9 Thunder Hanwha Aerospace	6 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
22	CAESAR KNDS	6 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
23	AS-90 BAE Systems	6 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
24	2S22 Bohdana Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defense Industry)	6 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02
25	Nora B-52 Yugoimport SDPR	6 rpm	reference ↗ checked 2026-07-02

Compiled from public manufacturer, defense-ministry and reference sources. Published defense figures are approximations and are often stated under different conditions, so treat this ordering as directional rather than a tested result. A board is only generated where at least 5 systems in the class publish the figure. How we compile specs →

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