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The M-87 Orkan is a Yugoslavian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher. The generic M-87 project was configured with 12 launch tubes mounted on a FAP 2832 truck. It has a range of about 50 km, able to deliver warheads, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. Very few of these were ever built, The production of Orkan M-87 ceased in the early 1990s due to break-up of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ==History== Development started as a joint Iraqi and SFRY project under the name of KOL-15. In early talks with Iraq, Yugoslavia offered two options: *Development of a MRL with 12 barrels and a 50 km range *Development of a MRL with 4 barrels and a 120 km range Iraq chose the first option as did Yugoslavia. The introduction to operational units of Yugoslav's peoples Army in 1987, the Orkan M-87 MRL had the longest range (50 km) of all Multiple rocket launchers in the world. At the start of development two prototypes where built: one for Yugoslavia and one for Iraq. In accordance with requests from purchasers rockets where developed with cluster warheads. According to the chief operating officer of the Artillery department of Military Technical Institute Professor Obrad Vucurovic, Orkan was never a copy of any previous designs. The Yugoslav doctrine when developing the system was based on the premise that countries who copy designs are at least five years behind of those who have the weapons developed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M-87 Orkan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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