{
  "id": "9p140",
  "name": "9P140 (BM-27 Uragan)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "land",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "220mm multiple rocket launch",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1975,
  "operators": [
    "ARM",
    "BLR",
    "ERI",
    "GIN",
    "IRN",
    "KAZ",
    "KGZ",
    "MDA",
    "RUS",
    "SYR",
    "TKM",
    "UKR",
    "UZB",
    "YEM"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 16,
  "summary": "The 9P140 (BM-27 Uragan) Russian 220mm Multiple Rocket Launch (MRL) began its service with the Soviet Army in the late 1970s and was its first modern spin and fin stabilized heavy multiple rocket launcher. The BM-27 Uragan is capable of launching 220mm rockets from 16 launch tubes mounted on the rear of a ZIL-135 8x8 chassis.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Splav State Research and Production Enterprise",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Chassis",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "ZIL-135LM",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Configuration",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "8x8",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 4,
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Displacement time",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "3 min",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Emplacement time",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "3 min",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "two(2) x ZIL-375",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fording depth",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "1.2 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fording",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "1.2 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 9.63,
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 2.8,
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 3.23,
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "combat_weight_t",
      "v": 20,
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Unarmoured",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_max_km",
      "v": 35,
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Maximum firing range",
      "note": "Longest-range ammunition listed"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "HE FRAG",
      "role": "220 mm ammunition",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Armor penetration": "8 meters wide and 3 meters deep"
      },
      "range_km": 35
    },
    {
      "name": "Cluster warhead",
      "role": "220 mm ammunition",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {},
      "range_km": 35
    },
    {
      "name": "Anti-tank mines",
      "role": "220 mm ammunition",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Warhead": "9N218K2"
      },
      "range_km": 35
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "BM-27 Uragan (9K57)",
      "text": "The BM-27 Uragan (9K57) is an MLRS designed to provide large calibre and massed fire support for combined arms formations at short notice. The system consists of launch vehicles and transport/loaders, which enable the sy",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Uragan-1M",
      "text": "Variant presented to the public in 2007; all processes are automated. Can also fire the 300 mm rockets of the BM-30 Smerch system. Reloading is simplified by substituting barrels; can be fitted with two banks of 6 300 mm",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "9A53 Uragan-U",
      "text": "Successor with 2 × 15 launch tubes; presented in 2009 on 8×8 MZKT-7930. Thanks to its modular assembly the BM-30 Smerch and BM-21 Grad rockets can also be fired.",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bastion-03",
      "text": "Prototype by Ukrainian company AvtoKrAZ, presented in 2010. Installed on a 6×6 truck type KrAZ-63221RA.",
      "src": [
        "weg-9p140"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "mlrs",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/9p140.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-9p140": {
      "title": "9P140 (BM-27 Uragan) Russian 220mm Multiple Rocket Launch (MRL)",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/9P140_BM-27_Uragan_Russian_220mm_Multiple_Rocket_Launch",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}