Shocking! Chinese-Made Rocket Launchers Turn Into Sitting Ducks on the Battlefield—One Shot and Done

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Footage from a low-cost FPV drone coldly locks onto a steel behemoth crouched in the muddy fields of Ukraine. Its formal designation is the M1991 240-millimeter multiple rocket launcher, a weapon North Korea has long boasted could turn Seoul into a sea of fire within 45 seconds—a so-called “doomsday weapon.” Yet at this moment, it looks more like a blinded prehistoric dinosaur, its massive frame circling an open plain with nowhere to hide. A suicide drone costing only a few hundred US dollars slips precisely into the launcher’s weakest point: the engine compartment at the rear. A fireball erupts instantly, triggering a violent secondary explosion of onboard ammunition. Within seconds, a weapons system worth several million US dollars is torn apart. But amid the burning wreckage, military observers worldwide noticed a far more unsettling detail: the familiar heavy truck chassis bearing distinctive Steyr-derived technical features. This was not a North Korean design. It carried a clear Chinese imprint. The M1991 destruction raises a stark question: If even an ally’s so-called “trump card” proves this vulnerable, then on a real battlefield, are the PLA’s related, shared-lineage systems true strategic anchors—or merely larger, more expensive live targets?

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