The first footage of the Russian army using the North Korean 240-mm M1991 MLRS. The video was presumably filmed in the Kursk region of Russia. The M1991 MLRS was adopted by the DPRK in the late 1980s and is a further modification of the large-caliber M1985 MLRS. The M1991 MLRS can be regarded as an analogue of the Russian Smerch MLRS. The M1991 MLRS is equipped with 22 rockets and can hit targets at a distance of up to 60 km. In 2024, a firing range of 80 km was achieved. Presumably, the M1991 MLRS rocket is 5.2 meters long and weighs 300-400 kg, the warhead of the projectile in the fragmentation version is about 90 kg. Typically, the M1991 MLRS is mounted on an Isuzu Motors truck chassis and is operated by two soldiers.
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Footage of Russian military equipment on display at a military parade in Moscow in 2025. It is worth noting that not all of the military equipment shown at the parade is used by the Russian army. The military equipment parade itself was held in a shortened version. For the first time in 10 years, the Armata tanks and T-15 infantry fighting vehicles on the Armata platform were not shown at the parade. There was also almost no aviation.
Russian aviation has begun to actively use high-precision Kh-38 air-to-surface missiles. Kh-38 missiles can be used by Ka-52 helicopters and fourth- and fifth-generation fighters, most often they are used by Su-34 aircraft. The Kh-38 missile was developed by the Russian Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation in 2012 and is designed to destroy a wide range of targets: from armored vehicles to surface ships. The Kh-38ME family of missiles are modular, they can be equipped with warheads weighing up to 250 kg and various homing heads. Guidance of all missile modifications is combined - on the cruising section, the missile is controlled by an inertial control system, and on the final section of the trajectory it switches to homing.
Kh-38MLE - missiles with laser homing head
Kh-38MKE - missiles with GLONASS navigation
Kh-38MTE - missiles with thermal imaging homing head
Kh-38MAE - missiles with active radar homing head
Based on the results of use, the most effective version, the Kh-38MLE missile, has a laser homing head, the target is usually illuminated by a UAV. The missile can have a penetrating warhead, high-explosive fragmentation, or cluster, modification of the Kh-38MKE. The flight range of the Kh-38 missile is up to 70 km, when launched from an altitude of 12,000 meters. When launched from low altitude to 27 km.
Kh-38MLE - missiles with laser homing head
Kh-38MKE - missiles with GLONASS navigation
Kh-38MTE - missiles with thermal imaging homing head
Kh-38MAE - missiles with active radar homing head
Based on the results of use, the most effective version, the Kh-38MLE missile, has a laser homing head, the target is usually illuminated by a UAV. The missile can have a penetrating warhead, high-explosive fragmentation, or cluster, modification of the Kh-38MKE. The flight range of the Kh-38 missile is up to 70 km, when launched from an altitude of 12,000 meters. When launched from low altitude to 27 km.
