Vilkha-M

Vilkha-M is a Ukrainian 300mm guided multiple launch rocket system developed by the state-owned Luch Design Bureau from the airframe and launch vehicle of the Soviet-era 9K58 Smerch (BM-30). Where the original Vilkha rocket achieved a tight circular error probable (CEP) of roughly 10 meters at shorter range using GPS-aided inertial guidance with gas-rudder and aerodynamic-vane terminal control, the improved Vilkha-M trades some of that precision for extended reach: its R624M rocket carries a reduced 170 kg warhead to stretch maximum range to roughly 130 km, some open-source reporting citing figures as high as 130 to 150 km, with a correspondingly wider stated CEP of about 30 m. Each 300mm guided rocket is about 7.6 meters long. The launch vehicle can fire its first rocket in under three minutes from travel configuration and can put a full 12-round salvo downrange in about 40 seconds. Ukrainian officials and Western outlets have noted that Vilkha-M's range exceeds that of the guided rockets typically fired from US-supplied HIMARS and M270 launchers, making it one of Ukraine's longest-reaching indigenous rocket artillery systems. Approximately 100 launcher units are reported to have been produced as of recent open-source estimates, and the system has been used operationally against Russian forces since the full-scale invasion.