This is simply a compromise between solutions applied in the east and in NATO countries – so Zbigniew Drabik from Mesko SA talks about the WW-15 rocket launcher. Equipment shall be suspended under a chopper and utilized to combat ground, air and water purposes. The company reported it for this year's edition of the Defender Award.
– We've been working on the launcher for a long time. We just finished our final phase of research. On 1 of the patrols, we conducted chopper shooting. The test went very well, both in terms of coverage and the behaviour of the equipment itself – says Zbigniew Drabik, manager of the Rocket Division Mesko SA.
WW-15 is simply a 15-gun launcher equipped with non-directed 70 mm caliber missiles. It can be utilized in earth-ground configuration, or air-ground configuration. On this year's MSPO in Kielce The man presents variant number two. – The advantage of the construction is advanced durability with comparatively low weight, much little than the solutions utilized by manufacturers from east Europe. It only takes 0.8 seconds to launch a set of WW-15 ammunition, explains Drabik. The missiles are designed to fire light armored vehicles, ground infrastructure, aircraft and helicopters (both in flight and while stationed in bases), and yet ships. Everything depends on the kind of warhead. At the fair, we show a solution with a shrapnel and demolition head, but we besides conduct investigation on a thermobaric head. They have already entered the final phase – Drabik adds. The rocket fired from WW-15 has a scope of 2.5 km.
Meska's typical notes that akin weapons are utilized in Poland's outlaying Apache helicopters. Their crews have 19-gun launchers at their disposal. – However, if necessary, we can equip them with our 70-millimeter rockets. But that is not the end. In Apache you can besides usage our WW-15 launcher – explains Drabik.
The Mesko SA launcher was reported for this year's Defender Awards.
