In the brutal battle in the city of Mariupol, the Russian army used the UR-77 "Meteorite" rocket minesweeper to attack the Ukrainian army's building and fortress, which caused an outcry.

The Russian army used rocket minesweepers to blow up the building defended by the Ukrainian army. In the brutal battle in the city of Mariupol, the Russian army used the UR-77 "Meteorite" rocket minesweeper to attack the Ukrainian army's building and fortress, which caused an outcry. In addition, the Russian army also used the UR-77 "Meteorite" armored minesweeper to launch a minesweeper blasting cord during the Rubizhina battle in Donbass , which directly blew up a building that was firmly fortified by the Ukrainian army, and the explosion raised A huge mushroom cloud appeared, like a nuclear explosion, the scene was very shocking.

In fact, the rocket minesweeper vehicles of engineering corps and all have the ability to fight against difficulties. However, the range of the rocket minesweeper is very short, only two to three hundred meters. Therefore, battles can only be fought on certain occasions, such as battles for fortified areas and cities.

UR-77 "Meteorite" is a tracked self-propelled rocket minesweeper developed during the Soviet period. The vehicle uses the same MT-LB multi-purpose tracked armored vehicle chassis as the 2S1 howitzer. Serial production began in 1978 to replace the earlier UR-67 minesweeper. This kind of mine-sweeping vehicle, also called a mechanized mine-sweeping vehicle, is a weapon commonly equipped by the engineering troops of various countries. Main battle tanks or armored vehicles are usually used as the chassis, and large carrier-type in-line charge rocket minesweepers are installed on the vehicle.

UR-77 "Meteorite" rocket minesweeper has a very distinctive design. The rear of the vehicle body carries a huge "spoon" shaped device. In fact, this "spoon" is the hatch cover of the flexible explosive blasting cable box that is coiled together. , and the handle of the "spoon" contains two towed rockets.

When conducting mine clearing operations, first start the rocket engine . The tail of the rocket pulls out two hundred-meter-long blasting ropes from the vehicle. The two flexible explosive belts are dragged hundreds of meters away by the rocket, and then the detonating ropes are detonated. After landing, it detonates at the same time. The huge shock wave generated by the explosion detonates the mines buried on the surface or underground, which can open a passage of tens or hundreds of meters at a time.

UR-77 "Meteorite" rocket minesweeper can open a minefield channel about 6 meters wide and 80 to 90 meters long. The demining of UR-77 is carried out through the shock wave generated by the explosion. The shock wave will trigger the mine fuse device or directly cause the mine explosive to explode. The UR-77 is also used in urban offensive combat to destroy entire streets.

It is reported that in Syria UR-77 has been used in urban battles, and has often appeared in the critical battles of Homs, Eastern Ghouta, Aleppo . In 2017, the Syrian army used the Russian-made UR-77 "Meteorite" armored minesweeper to attack strong positions of terrorists.

This kind of minesweeper can launch rocket-towed minesweeping charges. The drone's video footage shows that the power of this attack is so powerful that a huge mushroom cloud rises from the scene, so that terrorists within dozens of meters of the area Basically wiped out.

UR-77 When the "Meteorite" rocket minesweeper is used in fortified operations, it needs to launch rocket at a high angle of attack, and tow a large detonating cord 80 meters long and weighing 700 kilograms. Due to the high angle of attack, the high launch ballistic energy Throw the entire detonating cord into a small area, and 700 kilograms of passivated explosives are enough to collapse an enemy building (assuming the detonating cord can accurately land on the roof of the building).

This tactic is somewhat similar to the "gasoline barrel" heartless cannon used by the People's Liberation Army during the Liberation War. They both use the detonation power of explosives to directly destroy enemy fortifications and effective forces. You know, 700 kilograms of explosives are equivalent to the power of 100 152mm grenades .

In fact, the power of the Russian UR-77 "Meteorite" rocket minesweeper is not the greatest. China has a GSL111 tracked rocket minesweeper that is even more powerful. It can launch two GSL211 rocket minesweepers. This is a huge ammunition with a diameter of 425 mm. The warhead is equipped with 32 detonating cords. The explosive packages installed in series weigh more than 800 kilograms of explosives alone.

GSL211 rocket minesweeper can open up a safe passage with a maximum width of 20 meters and a depth of 150 meters in an anti-tank mine field.It is conceivable that if this thing is used to demolish a building, will there be any living things in the building after the explosion?