During the war in Afghanistan, Soviet and Afghan units used a different technique with launchers aircraft rockets: BTR-70/80, modified BRDM-2 and cars Ural-4320, writes the Russian newspaper.
Also, attempts were made to strengthen the combat power of tanks. for example, like the T-62, pictured. On its tower mounted 3 helicopter unit UB-32 to C-5 missiles caliber 57 mm.
After the modernization of the tank field could bring down the enemy a hundred rockets. The mass of each of them was more than 3,8 kg. Flight range - about 1,8 km.
The experts have different opinions about what, who created this combat system. Somebody think, they were used by Soviet troops almost since the beginning of their stay in Afghanistan. And what were later the same scheme modified T-55 tanks.
others argue, that UB-32 installed Afghan troops in mid-1980.
The author of the material different opinion. he believes, machines that modernization has been carried out by Afghans after the withdrawal from the DRA of the 40th Army. And in doing so, they helped the rest of the country by Soviet specialists and military advisers.
These "sixty-second" performed well in combat - each their use not only causes loss of insurgents, but also had a negative effect on their morale, the paper concludes.
