HIMARS, an American highly mobile operational-tactical missile and artillery system. File photoLUGANSK, Sep 19 Ukrainian troops fired three rockets from a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system at Stakhanov in the Lugansk People's Republic, according to the Telegram channel of the LPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to war crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
«The shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: 00.15 on the settlement of Stakhanov using HIMARS MLRS (three missiles),» the publication says.
HIMARS multiple launch rocket system developed in the USA by BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin in 1996-2000, produced since 2003. Created on the basis of a three-axle wheeled chassis FMTV of the US Army, it can carry six rockets or one ATACMS operational-tactical ballistic missile, the effective range for certain types of projectiles is up to 80 kilometers.
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