One of the Tamnava multiple rocket launchers in the Cypriot parade. (Ministry of Defence Republic of Serbia)
The Cypriot National Guard revealed that it has acquired Serbian-made Tamnava multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) during the parade marking the country’s 65th anniversary of independence on 1 October.
Three Tamnavas were included in the parade in Nicosia, all of them carrying reusable pods for 122 mm unguided rockets rather than the 262 mm munition that is also advertised for the system. Yugoimport, Serbia’s defence export agency, said the 122 mm rocket has a range of 40 km compared with 70 km for the 262 mm. The system is capable of carrying two additional 128 mm pods that it can load onto its launcher using its own crane.
Yugoimport described the Tamnava as a fully automated system that integrates an advanced fire-control system, inertial navigation, a meteorological sensor, and radios capable of transferring data.
The Cypriot Tamnavas are slightly different from the Serbian ones as they use a MAN TGS 8×8 truck with a different cab, not an 8×8 made by Serbia’s Fabrika automobila Priboj (FAP). The 155 mm Nora B-52 self-propelled howitzers that Serbia delivered to Cyprus in 2019 are on FAPs.
It is unclear if the Tamnava is in service with the Serbian Land Army. A Serbian official said in 2024 that the Tamnava would replace the 128 mm M-77 Oganj MRL. However, it was not included in the artillery section of the parade held in Belgrade on 20 September, but at the end of the parade where systems that are still in development were displayed.
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