The Ballistic Arsenal of the Armed Forces. What versions of ATACMS missiles exist and have transmitted to Ukraine

The United States has just over a thousand ATCMS missiles with different combat parts. It is publicly known that the Armed Forces have been receiving a version with a cassette combat unit. The Ukrainian army has officially started to receive ATACMS long -range missiles. There were also several videos on the network with the defeat of Russian goals with ballistic missiles. The focus has understood what are the versions of ATCMS and that they received defense forces.

The United States transmitted the Himars and M270 rocket launchers as part of military assistance to Ukraine. The first is capable of carrying one Ballistic missile of ATACMS, and the second - two. The Ukrainian army first received rockets with a range of 160 km and a cassette combat unit, now it is officially declaring the supply of RSSU with a range of 300 km.

On May 1, the JB Schneider OSINT analyst wrote in X (formerly Twitter ") about the successful damage to Russian troops in a temporarily occupied Luhansk region 80 km from the line of contact. The Ukrainian military hit three ballistic missiles immediately. The calculations of other OSINT analysts indicate that about 110 invaders and their equipment were eliminated as a result of the impact. ATCMS was applied at the enemy's training ground. This example was one of the latest publicly known rockets.

Most likely it was ATACMS. Before that, there was a blow to the temporarily occupied airfield in Dzhanka. According to journalists, the United States secretly sent the Armed Forces of Ukraine more than 100 ATACMS. The Ukrainian army is aware of the presence of a cassette version of the MGM-140A with 950 subbovitas in each projectile. The maximum range of such rockets is 165 km. It is the most massive version of ammunition, but it has an inertial guidance system.

The farther to the target, the lower the accuracy. In the US, work was carried out to replace combat units with such missiles with unitary rockets. There are 5 versions of ATACMS ballistic missiles: it is unknown which version Ukraine will receive with a range of 300 km. When it comes to the cassette combat part, it has a GPS and INS. Its main task can be team centers, aerodromes and accumulation of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The cassette combat part can be destroyed by transport or planes on runways. The difference between M39 and M39A1 not only in the range, but also in the number of sub -fee. In the lesser farm version of them 950, and in the range - 300. This is due to the need to increase the volume of fuel so that the rocket could fly at a distance, as well as with the integration of GPS guidance. The cassette subbovity is visually similar to a baseball ball.

Asymmetrical appearance provides rotation during release. At a speed of 2400 revolutions per minute the passion is switched on and a whole cloud of fragments is created. Following the example of the lesion in the Luhansk region, the Def Mon analyst estimated that the lesion area was 340 square meters from three rockets. Currently, the United States is underway to re -equipment M39/A1 with a cassette combat unit for new with a unitary warhead.

This process is explained by the fact that many made ammunition has reached the deadline for shelf. Therefore, it is unknown how many more missiles can transfer to the United States to Ukraine. As of October 2023, the United States had about 1000 ATCMS missiles, the Center for International and Strategic Studies reported. The ATACMS rocket with the unitary combat part of M48, M57 and M57E1 have another combat part. The M48 rocket has a wDU-18/b combat part of 230 kg.

The same is installed in Harpoon's anti -ship. The same warhead in M57 missiles. In the replacement of the ATACMS ballistic missiles in the United States has already developed a PRSM (Presicion Strike) missile. Lockheed Martin is engaged in production and development. It is planned to create several iterations of rockets, the last of which will be 1000 km. Himars and M270 will also be able to run a new rocket.

Engineers managed to increase the number of missiles on board to two on Himars and to four on M270. In December 2023, the US Army received the first samples of Ballistic PRSM missiles. The US Army Assistant to the US Army Dag Bush said that the PRSM high -precision missile will provide US forces as a "round -the -clock, all -year potential, which would resist the enemy's ability to perform combat maneuvers and air defense operations.