Russians use a rare 240-mm Cheburashka MLRS against the Ukrainian Armed Forces (photo)
Prior to the full-scale invasion, the Cheburashka MLRS formally belonged to the militants of the so-called “DPR”. In Russia, the system was called a “handicraft” product, analysts told Defense Express.
In eastern Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces are using a rare Cheburashka MLRS. Its declared caliber of 217 mm (actually 240 mm) is not standard for the enemy army. This was reported by Defense Express.
Footage of the occupiers’ use of Cheburashka MLRS with a declared caliber of 217 mm (actual caliber is 240 mm) has appeared in the public domain. This caliber is standard for North Korea.
Prior to the full-scale invasion, MLRS formally belonged to the militants of the so-called “DPR” (or the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces), while Russian propaganda called “Cheburashka” a “handicraft” made in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region. Defense Express analysts noted that this is the second mention of the Russian Cheburashka MLRS since February 2022.
In August 2022, the enemy claimed that the soldiers of the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces received two additional systems Analysts noted that MLRS could have been manufactured in single copies. In addition, the 240 mm caliber is not standard in Russia. However, it was in the BM-24 systems of the 1950s.
“It is doubtful that the Russian army still has the relevant ammunition in its warehouses,” the experts believe.
According to The Military Balance 2023, the DPRK army is armed with a line of 24-mm MLRSs. We are talking about BM-24 and systems under the indexes M-1985, M-1989, and M-1991.
MLRS “Cheburashka”: what is known
The Cheburashka mobile MLRS on a modified KrAZ-260 chassis fires 217-millimeter missiles with a claimed range of 9,600 meters. The system can launch up to 64 missiles, 32 in each unit.
