Specialists of the Kharkov Design Bureau. Morozov improved the Grad multiple launch rocket system. The novelty was called "Verba" and differs from its predecessor in greater accuracy, rate of fire and ease of control, according to liga.net.

Fire control, aiming and loading are carried out automatically from the cabin, designed for five people. The Verba MLRS, mounted on the KrAZ chassis, weighs about 20 tons and is capable of speeds up to 85 km/h.

Deputy Director of KB im. Morozov Yuri Volchenko noted that usually reloading the MLRS after a full launch is from one to two hours, depending on the qualifications of the crew. For the Verba, a full set of 40 missiles is reloaded within 10 minutes.

Vladimir Vakulenko, general designer of the Kharkov Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering named after A. Morozov (KMDB), said that the Verba is preparing for firing 7 times faster than the Grad. And 4 times faster conveys the topographic situation, which develops where it is located, and in the place where you need to shoot.

Now KB them. Morozov needs another 15.9 million hryvnias to finalize the system. If this money is received, the Verba MLRS can be seen in the troops as early as 2016.

Photo - Ukroboronprom

Back in October 2016, we reported that - multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) "Verba". This combat vehicle was developed by specialists from the Kharkiv Morozov Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering (KMDB), the leading manufacturer of military equipment in Ukraine, and Gennady Grashchenkov, chief designer of KMDB, said then that the system was 95% ready.

In 2017, tests of the new Verba MLRS began, and on February 20, 2019, official information was received that, and on November 8. The new Ukrainian multiple launch rocket system will be produced by the State Enterprise "Shepetovsky Repair Plant", which is part of the state concern "Ukroboronprom".

Obviously, the manufacturing plant was not chosen by chance, because the Shepetovsky Repair Plant state enterprise, using its own working capital, developed and tested the new BM-21UM Berest MLRS, which is also more efficient than the Soviet BM-21 Grad.

Let's remember what "Verba" is and how it differs from "Grad".

So, Verba is a multiple launch rocket system based on the KrAZ-6322 vehicle and the BM-21 Grad warhead, which was developed in 2015 by the KMDB. The upgraded system is equipped with a five-seat cockpit, and fire control, aiming and reloading are carried out automatically from the cockpit without direct intervention of the crew in its work.

The ammunition of this MLRS consists of 40 units of 122-mm rockets, which are capable of destroying targets at a distance of up to 40 km. Reloading a full set of 40 missiles is carried out within 10 minutes in a mechanized way. For this, Kharkov designers have developed a transport-loading machine.

The mass of the new system reaches almost 20 tons, and it is capable of speeds up to 85 km/h. It is also known that the Verba may have an armored version with a cabin from the Raptor armored car and protection of the vehicle's main systems.

Compared to Grad, Verba differs from its Soviet predecessor and Russian "colleague" by a high level of automation and placement on a domestic KrAZ chassis. Compared to the Russian Ural, it is 10 km / h faster, more maneuverable, and more all-terrain.

On the Grads, part of the combat crew was on open seats behind the cockpit, and for the Verba, Ukrainian designers provided for an enlarged cabin that would fit the entire crew. Here, in the cockpit, there will be a radio station and all control units. By the way, the communication system has also been changed: all information will be transmitted via digital channels in encrypted form.

Automation "Verba" has reached such a level that the crew will be able to work in combat conditions without leaving the cockpit: they arrived, pressed a few buttons in the cockpit, hit the enemy's targets and drove off. At the same time, a new system for leveling and stabilizing the platform can significantly improve the accuracy of fire.

Compared to the Grad, the Verba MLRS determines coordinates six times faster, aims five times faster, and after firing, it can change position in a matter of seconds, which will avoid arrivals in response. The process of reloading the installation was reduced seven times. All this ensures high combat effectiveness and mobility of the "Verba" on the battlefield.

What is important: the Verba complex consists of 80% domestic components, and only the launcher remains from the old Grad and the mechanical fire control system has been preserved, which can be used in case of emergency.

It remains to be added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front end really need such a rapid-fire and accurate means of defeating the enemy, if only to fire at the suppression of terrorist firing points, destroying enemy Grads that sow death in peaceful Ukrainian cities near the line of demarcation.

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Multiple launch rocket system "Verba"

"Verba" is a new generation Ukrainian multiple launch rocket system designed to destroy enemy manpower, armored targets and command posts in a combat situation.

The Ukrainian multiple launch rocket system was developed in November 2015 on the basis of the Kharkov Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering named after A. Morozov (KMDB). "Verba", as conceived by the developers, is a new generation of the well-known. The new Ukrainian MLRS is 7 times faster to fire than the Grad. Also, these systems differ in the speed of transfer of the topographic situation. Vladimir Vakulenko, General Designer of the Kharkov Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering named after A. Morozov, said that Verba is 4 times faster in terms of topographic data transfer rate than Grad.

There is not much left of the Grad in the new Ukrainian multiple launch rocket system. MLRS "Verba" is designed on the basis of the KrAZ chassis ("Grad" - on the basis of the "Ural"), and is also equipped with a cabin for 5 seats. Improvements have also affected the process of combat. The developers have improved fire control, aiming and charging. Now all this is carried out automatically from the cockpit, without the direct intervention of operators in the work.

The MLRS is loaded with weapons using an additional vehicle that docks with the launcher and reloads the Verba with a new set of ammunition.

Director General of Ukroboronprom Roman Romanov said: “The time has come when we need to stop riding on the Soviet past and start looking into the future. "Verba" is the weapon that should be supplied to the army on an industrial scale.

To date, one prototype version of the Verba MLRS has been manufactured. 15.9 million hryvnias are still needed for the technical completion of the system. As soon as the funds are credited to the KMDB account, Verba, according to the head of the plant, will be ready for field tests and presentation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine within 7 months.