M270 MLRS or M142 HIMARS
1. Officially GMLRS missiles have a range of 70 km...
I can tell you that this is not true.
Just how much further their real range is I cannot disclose, but the russians are about to make painful discoveries soon.
2. Let's look first at the
Kherson front.
• in the 1st image I added two blue circles with the range of M777 howitzers with M795 projectiles
• in the 2nd image I added a yellow circle with the "
official" range of a M31A1 rocket
Just one M142 or M270A1 can not only fire at almost every russian position in Kherson Oblast, it can also hit the choke points of russia's two supply lines:
• the Antonovskiy Bridge near Kherson and
• the Kakhovka Dam near Nova Kakhovka
Send up a drone:
• find russian supply point - hit it with a M30A1
• find a russian command post - hit it with a M31A1
• find a russian battery - give it a taste of both
• find russian infantry - one M30A1 will hit them with 160,000 scorching hot, 3 Mach fast shrapnels
3. Now let's look at
Kharkiv.
In
blue the range of a M777 with M795 projectile, and in
green the range of a self-propelled CAESAR howitzer.
In
yellow the "
official" range of where a M270A1 or M142 can make the russian's life hell.
The entire russian supply line using the railway from Vovchansk to Kupiansk is in range. The russian supply point at Kupiansk, which supplies the russian salient at Izyum is in range.
And there is no need to worry about counter battery fire: M142 and M270A1 fire their missiles so quickly that whatever russia fires in return will hit long after both vehicles are gone.
The M142 crew doesn't even have to get out of their vehicle to reload.
The only risk to them are drones. So both vehicles need air defense close by.
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4. If a russian battery or air defense system is spotted deep behind russian lines - drive closer to the frontline, fire the missiles, move back out of russian artillery range. Then reload and repeat.
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5. M270A1 and/or M142 are definitely going to change the dynamics of this war.
But Ukraine needs a lot of M270A1 or M142. (48x launchers is the minimum). Plus lots and lots of missiles, and drones to spot every russian position.
Send this to Ukraine NOW and we can wrap this war up before Ukraine's independence day.