Orkan M-87 documentation, launcher and rockets from Bosnia and Herzegovina's "Bratstvo Novi Travnik" factory in 1995. They used them for development of a domestic 260mm rockets and launcher thus shortening development for more than 5 years. First launches of new 230 and 260mm rockets respectively based on 227 M26 and 262 Orkan rockets produced in Turkey from Orkan M-87 launcher were conducted in April 1999. Operational history Serbian Army of Krajina used M-87 Orkan to attack civilian population of Zagreb after Croatian forces liberated territories previously occupied by Serbian forces. Operators Current operators - 4 M-96 Orkan II Former operators - 1 non-operational unit in Banja Luka, 1 completed and 3 partially assembled units destroyed along with rockets. - 1 in reserve due to lack of adequate rocket ammunition, 1 in a museum - 1 prototype and 4 Orkan launchers called "Ababeel 50" + 4 reload vehicles. No longer operational. - 9 + 1 prototype See also Astros II MLRS - an earlier, very similar system TOROS - Turkish rocket artillery system developed by reverse engineering the M-87 Orkan. M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System Fajr-5 BM-30 Smerch References Multiple rocket launchers of Yugoslavia Rocket artillery M87 LRSV Military Technical Institute Belgrade Military vehicles introduced in the 1980s