Polonez (multiple rocket launcher)

The Polonez^[1] is a Belarusian 300 mm rocket artillery system of a launcher unit comprising eight rockets packaged in two four-rocket pods mounted on a MZKT-7930 vehicle.^[2] In 2018, it was exported to Azerbaijan.^[3][4] The system was designed by the Belarusian Plant of Precision Electromechanics in cooperation with a foreign country, probably China. The first combat missile launches were carried out in China.^[5] The 77th Separate Rocket Artillery Battalion of the 336th Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Belarusian Ground Forces is equipped with it.^[6] An upgraded version called Polonez-M passed all trials and has been accepted into service by the Belarusian Ground Forces as of May 2019. Polonez-M has an increased range of 290 km (186.4 mi), a higher share of domestic components and can fire the improved A-300 missile.^[7][8][9] The first delivery was conducted in November 2023.^[10]

Polonez
Polonez
Type	Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin	Belarus
Service history
In service	2016 – present
Wars	2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[citation needed]
Production history
Designed	2014
Produced	2014 – present
Specifications
Caliber	300 mm (12 in)
Maximum firing range	Polonez: 200 km (120 mi) Polonez-M: 290 km (186.4 mi)
Guidance system	Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) / inertial navigation system (INS)

See also

• Katyusha, BM-13, BM-8, and BM-31 multiple rocket launchers of World War II
• T-122 Sakarya, Turkish 122 mm multiple launch rocket system
• Fajr-5, Iranian 333 mm long-range multiple launch rocket system
• TOROS, Turkish 230 and 260 mm multiple launch rocket system
• BM-14, Soviet 140 mm multiple launch rocket system
• BM-21 Grad, Soviet 122 mm multiple launch rocket system
• BM-27 Uragan, Soviet 220 mm multiple launch rocket system
• M270, U.S. multiple launch rocket system
• Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher, Indian 214 mm multiple launch rocket system
• TOS-1 Buratino, Soviet / Russian Heavy Flame Thrower System (multiple rocket / thermobaric weapon launcher)