ℹ️ ➖➖➖ The BM-30 Smerch, 9K58 Smerch, or 9A52-2 Smerch-M is a Soviet heavy multiple rocket launcher. The system is intended to defeat personnel, armored, and soft targets in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts, and ammunition depots. It was designed in the early 1980s and entered service in the Soviet Army in 1989. The main components of the RSZO 9K58 "Smerch" system are the following:
Rockets 9M55 or 9M528 (in containers);
BM 9A52-2 launch vehicle;
TZM 9T234-2 transloader with an 850 kg crane and 12 spare rockets;
Automated fire control equipment in the command post 1K123 "Vivary";
Maintenance vehicle PM-2-70 MTO-V;
Set of arsenal equipment 9F819;
Training facilities 9F827 and 9F840.
The 300mm rockets with a firing range of 70 and 90 km and various warheads have been developed for the Smerch MLRS.
The 9A52-2 vehicle with the automated system ensures:
delivery of fire from an un-surveyed fire position;
laying of the launch tube cluster with the crew staying in the cabin and without using aiming points;
autonomous determination of an azimuth of the launch tube cluster’s longitudinal axis;
visual representation of graphical information for the launch tube cluster laying, the route of vehicle movement and location as well as a point of destination and direction of movement on the video terminal;
increase in MLRS survivability owing to reduced time of staying at a fire position;
increased comfort for the laying operator, especially in adverse weather conditions and at night;
increased independent operation owing to the navigation and survey equipment, which allows the vehicle to rapidly change fire positions and move autonomously;
reduction of the combat crew.
📃 ➖➖➖ The Venezuelan Army incorporated the first mobile systems of multiple 300mm BM-30 Smerch rocket launchers, out of a total of twelve acquired in Russia in September 2009. The Smerchs arrived in the country in the arms shipments received by the port of Puerto Cabello between the months of December and January. They were assigned to the 435 Multiple Rocket Launcher Field Artillery Group (GAC LCM) Colonel Juan Vicente Bolívar y Ponte, belonging to the 43rd Field Artillery Brigade based in Fort Conopoima, San Juan de Los Morros, Guárico state and will be under the special direct command of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces.

▪️ 📐Designer Splav State Research and Production Enterprise
▪️ 🛠Manufacturer Splav State Research and Production Enterprise
Produced 1989–present
▪️ ⬇️ Mass 43.7 t
▪️ 📏 Length 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
▪️ ↔️ Width 3.05 m (10 ft)
▪️ ↕️ Height 3.05 m (10 ft)
▪️ 👤 Crew 3
▪️ ⚔️ Caliber 300 mm (12 in)
▪️ ⚔️ Barrels 12
▪️ ↗️ Maximum firing range 90 km (56 mi)
▪️ ⚔️ Main armament 9M55 or 9M528 rockets
▪️ ⚙️ Engine D12A-525A V12 diesel engine
525 hp (391 kW)
▪️ 🔄 Suspension 8×8 wheeled
▪️ 🛢 Operational range 850 km (530 mi)
▪️ ⏩ Maximum speed 60 km/h (37 mph)

Ref: Wikiepdia; maquina-de-combate.