Footage shows an airburst HIMARS guided rocket (GMLRS) attack that wipes out two Russian BM-21 Grad launcher vehicles, their crews, and the ammunition supply point, all in a single strike.

The Ukrainian drone operators patiently tracked a BM-21 Grad vehicle back to its base, and as luck would have it, a second Russian Grad vehicle pulls up at the same time to reload. The Russian crews can be seen quickly refitting the vehicles with more rockets when, suddenly, an airburst GMLRS munition detonates directly over them.

There is very little chance there were any survivors among the crews seen prior to the strike. The tungsten projectiles from the warhead would have perforated the Grad vehicles beyond repair, and the ammunition dump that catches fire makes sure everything in the target area is burned to a crisp.

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