Polish engineers are working on the creation of 122-mm guided missiles to equip MLRS of the WR-40 Langusta type, which in turn act as a deep modernization of the Soviet BM-21 Grad.
In the future, it is assumed that such guided missiles can also be used for Homar-K rocket systems, which have already been supplied from South Korea or will be manufactured at the facilities of the Polish defense industry. Writes about it ZBiAM edition.
The primary source in this case is the response of the Polish Ministry of Defense to one of the parliamentary inquiries, which was formulated as follows – “at what stage is the development of 122-mm guided rockets for the WR-40 Langusta now.”
The Polish Defense Ministry noted here that engineers from the Warsaw University of Technology are currently developing one of the elements of the control system – the Gas-Dynamic Precision Guidance Control Module (GAMS) – as part of the SZAFIR research project, and there is a corresponding interest in the results of these works.
But since the Warsaw University of Technology does not have all the necessary developments to create all the elements of the guidance system for converting 122-mm rockets into guided ones, another separate research work may be needed here.
From News Hub, we emphasize that this is the first appearance of public data on Poland’s work on the creation of its own 122-mm guided rockets.
Prior to that, in the summer of 2024, there were reports only that, as part of cooperation with South Korea on the Homar-K, the Poles hope to integrate launch containers for unguided 122-mm rockets into these missile systems.
It is likely that to complete the development of 122-mm guided missiles, Poland may need external technological assistance, for example, from South Korea. Because so far, the Polish Ministry of Defense has not outlined the time horizons for the completion of this development for logical reasons.
