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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
BM-21s are good simple MRLs, but their protection levels are obviously for crap.
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yes good and simple... and short range. Snipe, I think that protection level is not something to be expected from such a weapon.... if it is detected it would be a priority target for enemy and even most heavy armor will not save MLRS from heavy barrage/air strike.
So the best protection for simple and short range MLRS - be unidentifiable.... and look like a normal truck....
ps. Just remembered reading about Damansky conflict of Soivet border guards with Chinese army....
Only 4 salvos from 9 trucks of BM-21 shooting to areas reported by air reconnaisance has destroyed a whole Chinese division in a matter of 30 minutes.... A weight of explosives from one salvo of BM-21 was (66kg x 40 tubes = 2,460 kg) and 9 trucks delivered 23,760kg in one salvo in a total of 360 shells.... well 4 salvos delivered 1,440 of a 66kg shells and cleared the territory on which this division was waiting to get into the fight.
Air force pilots reported then that Chinese has lost a division which was staying in reserve (15km from border) and waiting a command to engage into the border conflict. Having lost that division Chinese cooled down despite their oveall numerical domination at that particular part of the Chinese-Soviet border.
Yes, Indeed, MLRS would be a priority target after a command center.