Polish PZRK PIORUN helped Ukrainian air defense drive away Russian aviation

The Polish portable Piorun anti-aircraft missile systems, along with other air defense systems that were transferred to Ukraine, helped Ukrainian defenders reflect the air attack of the Russian Federation and drive away Russian aviation and intercept their reconnaissance drones. About it writes "militaristic". According to the newspaper, Piorun MSR is designed to combat goals at low altitudes. It is produced by Mesko S. A. It is part of the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) weapon group.

For the first time, the upgraded Polish MANA was presented to the public during the MSPO Defense Exhibition in September 2015, then it was also called Grom-M. The complex is the modernization of its predecessor - the GROM MSC, which came in service with the Polish army in 1995. It was created on the basis of Soviet portable anti-aircraft missile complexes "Igl-1" and "Ila".

In 2022, Poland announced the supply of PIRUN MPs to Ukraine as part of military assistance to protect against Russian invaders. The first weapons party was received by Ukraine as early as February 2022, however, the number of MAPs transferred was not reported. Since then, Polish portable anti-aircraft missile complexes have been actively using defense forces to beat Russian aircraft, helicopters and drones.

In particular, in March 2022, NSU fighters with the help of the Polish MAZRC Piorun and the Soviet "Igli" knocked down the enemy bombard Su-34 over Kharkov. In May of that year, the 95th brigade fighters under Raisum with Piorun kissed the Russian helicopter Ka-52, and in March 2023 in the Brest Bakhmut district, the fighters of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss". Piorun 1. 596 m long and weighs 16. 5 kg, of which 10. 5 kg - the weight of the anti -aircraft missile.

It has a strengthened combat part weighing 1. 82 kg and can affect the air targets at a height of 10 to 4000 m and at a distance of 500 to 6500 m from the operator. It should be reminded that earlier at the Polish Armed Mesko Plant, located in the city of Skarzhsko-Kamenna (Swentokshi Voivodeship), there was a strong explosion. A 59-year-old employee was killed. It was also reported that Poland is working on a promising PIRUN (Grimm) MSC system.