Pinaka Mark II MBRL Enters Production - Guided Rocket Variant Under Development

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Pinaka II user trials in Jaisalmer by year end

Pinaka Mark II MBRL​

JODHPUR: The desert land of Jaislamer will get to witness the user-trials of much-awaited Pinaka II, a complete multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) system with a range of 60 kilometres. The range of Pinaka II is 20 kilometres more than Pinaka I version which has already been inducted into the armed forces.

Further, in what can be termed as an extremely significant chain of developments, Pinaka II has gone into manufacturing stage and the same shall be manufactured in large numbers and delivered to the Indian Army by December so that the latter can kick-start the user trials for Pinaka II here. Meanwhile, the work has started on the 'guided' version of Pinaka.

Anil M Datar, a scientist and director general, armament and combat engineering (ACE) systems, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said the 'in-house' or 'technical trials', actually a part of development trials for Pinaka II, have been completed in two phases. "The first phase was conducted in Balasore for checking the range and the second one at Pokhran for checking the accuracy and consistency, and the performance levels were very encouraging," he said.

He further said the development trials were successful and now the Pinaka II rocket systems are being manufactured in huge quantities in production lines for being handed over as per the projected demand to the army by December this year.

"Following this, the user trials shall start," he said.

The Pinaka has been indigenously developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, a DRDO laboratory.

Datar also said that 'submunition warheads' which have been successfully tested for Pinaka I in Pokhran field firing range during June last week this year, shall be used in Pinaka II as well which is going to act as a force-multiplier while supplementing the artillery guns as well.

Pinaka, the indigenous unguided rocket system which has been undergoing extensive testing for the past 20 years, is capable of neutralising large areas with rapid salvos.

The multi barrel rocket launcher used in Pinaka I shall be used in Pinaka II as well.

Having proven its mettle during the Kargil war, Pinaka is capable of incorporating different kinds of warheads rendering it all the more lethal for the enemy. Pinaka takes pride in its low cost vis-a-vis other such rocket systems in the world bestowed with shoot and scoot capabilities.

Source:- Pinaka II user trials in Jaisalmer by year end - The Times of India

 

[HariPrasad]

This is great . Now move to Next version of pinaka with 120 KM of range with 250 KG warhead. It shall be better than SMEARCH.

It will be a bloody Hell of a MBRL And wipe ouy a huge area in a single salvo of 12 rockets.

 

[GURU DUTT]

Pinaka II user trials in Jaisalmer by year end

Pinaka Mark II MBRL​

JODHPUR: The desert land of Jaislamer will get to witness the user-trials of much-awaited Pinaka II, a complete multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) system with a range of 60 kilometres. The range of Pinaka II is 20 kilometres more than Pinaka I version which has already been inducted into the armed forces.

Further, in what can be termed as an extremely significant chain of developments, Pinaka II has gone into manufacturing stage and the same shall be manufactured in large numbers and delivered to the Indian Army by December so that the latter can kick-start the user trials for Pinaka II here. Meanwhile, the work has started on the 'guided' version of Pinaka.

Anil M Datar, a scientist and director general, armament and combat engineering (ACE) systems, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said the 'in-house' or 'technical trials', actually a part of development trials for Pinaka II, have been completed in two phases. "The first phase was conducted in Balasore for checking the range and the second one at Pokhran for checking the accuracy and consistency, and the performance levels were very encouraging," he said.

He further said the development trials were successful and now the Pinaka II rocket systems are being manufactured in huge quantities in production lines for being handed over as per the projected demand to the army by December this year.

"Following this, the user trials shall start," he said.

The Pinaka has been indigenously developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, a DRDO laboratory.

Datar also said that 'submunition warheads' which have been successfully tested for Pinaka I in Pokhran field firing range during June last week this year, shall be used in Pinaka II as well which is going to act as a force-multiplier while supplementing the artillery guns as well.

Pinaka, the indigenous unguided rocket system which has been undergoing extensive testing for the past 20 years, is capable of neutralising large areas with rapid salvos.

The multi barrel rocket launcher used in Pinaka I shall be used in Pinaka II as well.

Having proven its mettle during the Kargil war, Pinaka is capable of incorporating different kinds of warheads rendering it all the more lethal for the enemy. Pinaka takes pride in its low cost vis-a-vis other such rocket systems in the world bestowed with shoot and scoot capabilities.

Source:- Pinaka II user trials in Jaisalmer by year end - The Times of India

so in short india now officalli makes a multi barrel rocket system which can be hid more easily and has better all terrain/road mobility and can carry more wieght and has better accuracy and speed than NASR

 

[HariPrasad]

so in short india now officalli makes a multi barrel rocket system which can be hid more easily and has better all terrain/road mobility and can carry more wieght and has better accuracy and speed than NASR

Yes it can deliver 100 KG at a distance of 65 Km and fire a salve of 12 against respective 60 KG , 60 KM and 4 of nsr.

 

[GURU DUTT]

Yes it can deliver 100 KG at a distance of 65 Km and fire a salve of 12 against respective 60 KG , 60 KM and 4 of nsr.

and while unoffical CEP of Nasr is around 4% roughly of its range CEP of Painaka 2 is roughly 1-2% of its range

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

This is great . Now move to Next version of pinaka with 120 KM of range with 250 KG warhead. It shall be better than SMEARCH.

It will be a bloody Hell of a MBRL And wipe ouy a huge area in a single salvo of 12 rockets.

A 7.2-metre rocket for the Pinaka MBRL, which can reach a distance of 120 km and carry a 250 kg payload is also under development against max 90 Km range of BM-30 Smerch with max 258 kg payload - It will be much better that the BM-30's considering it's diverse warheads range - one with a submunition warhead was tested recently -

Submunition warheads successfully tested for Pinaka I - The Times of India

A single Pinaka I launcher with 12 rockets can neutralize a target area of 3.9 km2

Pinaka is a complete MBRL system, each Pinaka battery consists of: six launcher vehicles, each with 12 rockets; six loader-replenishment vehicles; three replenishment vehicles; two Command Post vehicle (one stand by) with a Fire Control computer, and the DIGICORA MET radar. A battery of six launchers can neutralize an area of 1000 m x 800 m.

The Army generally deploys a battery that has a total of 72 rockets. All the 72 rockets can be fired in 44 seconds, taking out an area of 1 km2. Each launcher can fire in a different direction too. The system has the flexibility to fire all the rockets in one go or only a few.

so in short india now officalli makes a multi barrel rocket system which can be hid more easily and has better all terrain/road mobility and can carry more wieght and has better accuracy and speed than NASR

The range might be the same with better payload and accuracy but Nasr happens to be a tactical ballistic missile with a plutonium nuclear warhead - even if the guided rocket variant is under development - it won't carry a nuclear warhead - India's answer to Nasr happens to be the Prahaar tactical ballistic missile - an AAD/BMD derivative better than it's adversary in all concerns.

 

[Sarjen29]

so in short india now officalli makes a multi barrel rocket system which can be hid more easily and has better all terrain/road mobility and can carry more wieght and has better accuracy and speed than NASR

Dude what's up with india not increasing the range of smerch with russian help. pakistanis have increased to 130km working with chinese while ours is still 90km

 

[GURU DUTT]

Dude what's up with india not increasing the range of smerch with russian help. pakistanis have increased to 130km working with chinese while ours is still 90km

maybe top genrals want to buylatest russian stuff than upgrading the existing ones

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Dude what's up with india not increasing the range of smerch with russian help. pakistanis have increased to 130km working with chinese while ours is still 90km

maybe top genrals want to buylatest russian stuff than upgrading the existing ones

Because Russians backed out of providing technology transfer for rockets used in the Smerch multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) - This naturally lead to the development of 120 km Pinaka.

Russia Backs Out Technology Transfer For Smerch Rockets To India

BTW any credible source for Pakistan's BM-30's to be of 130 Km range?

 

[jaiind]

so in short india now officalli makes a multi barrel rocket system which can be hid more easily and has better all terrain/road mobility and can carry more wieght and has better accuracy and speed than NASR

you nailed it

 

[saurav]

A 100-120 Km. variant is needed. Next stage will be filled by 150 Km. Prahar.

 

[trident2010]

so in short india now officalli makes a multi barrel rocket system which can be hid more easily and has better all terrain/road mobility and can carry more wieght and has better accuracy and speed than NASR

What we need is mobile short range agile weapons locating radar and short range guided missiles with some course correcting properties. This way we can neutralise the threat of short range missiles.

 

[GURU DUTT]

What we need is mobile short range agile weapons locating radar and short range guided missiles with some course correcting properties. This way we can neutralise the threat of short range missiles.

we are already devloping and manufacturing at least a couple of types of WLRs and have US made also now but an single intigrated system which can locate and fire a missile to the target is needed i hope DRDO is listening

 

[MMG]

Any articles on Pinca's performance in Kargil?

 

[trident2010]

we are already devloping and manufacturing at least a couple of types of WLRs and have US made also now but an single intigrated system which can locate and fire a missile to the target is needed i hope DRDO is listening

Yes, once we have a way to accurately pin point the short range missiles / weapons and means to target in moments notice, we would mostly nullify the black mail of nuclear attack on Indian IBG's.

Can't we use components of AAD for short range interceptions?