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Rocket artillery · Multiple rocket launcher

Pinaka multiple rocket launcher

The Indian rocket artillery system Armenia bought in its first post-2020 arms package from Delhi — the counter-battery and deep-fires capability the 2020 war showed the army lacked, sourced from a supplier chosen for not being Russia.

PinakaIndiaIndian service entry 1999; Armenian order 2022, deliveries from 2023

Status as of
2026-06
Last reviewed
2026-09-09

AssessmentModerate confidence

Recognition context, not a stat sheet. The catalogue covers major publicly documented systems relevant to the conflicts Vigil covers — not an exhaustive order of battle. No quantities, availability or current allocations are recorded.

The recordWhat this system is, where it comes from, who operates it and which of Vigil’s modules it is relevant to — with the evidence each of those rests on.

DeliveredEvidence: Associated
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Record

FamilyPinaka
VariantsPinaka Mk I; Pinaka Mk II
OriginIndia
ManufacturerDRDO / Indian industry
EraIndian service entry 1999; Armenian order 2022, deliveries from 2023

Conflict relevance

This is the catalogue's single record for this system. It is relevant to the module below; each module's Force Atlas shows how it is used there.

Operators

Armenia: Ordered in 2022 with the Akash systems and anti-tank munitions in the first Indian arms package; deliveries reported from 2023.

Battlefield role

Area fires and counter-battery at ranges the tube artillery cannot reach.

Strengths

A modern salvo system from a supplier with no political conditions on the Armenian side, and the first step in rebuilding the deep-fires gap the 2020 assessments named.

Limitations

A system whose delivered quantity and integration are reported rather than confirmed, and whose effect depends on the drone reconnaissance that Armenia is also still buying. No numbers or basing are recorded.

Documented conflict use

Delivery reporting; no operational use.

Assessed as of2026-06Last reviewed2026-09-09