The HIMARS crew spoke about the non-stop day-and-a-half operation

The HIMARS crews have been continuously operating for 37 hours during the Armed Forces offensive in the Kherson region in late August.

The Ukrainian officer shared this with the Wall Street Journal.

At that time, four M142 MLRS hit 120 targets throughout the day and a half without taking a break to sleep. This allowed breaking the line of Russian defense in the Kherson region and reaching new frontiers.

The WSJ journalists published a photo of one of the HIMARS with the images of 69 skulls painted on board – each symbolizing a confirmed hit on the target.

The authors of the article also recorded 21,000 km on the odometer of the vehicle.

Journalists had the opportunity to observe the work of Ukrainian rocket launchers. From the moment they arrived at the position to the actual missile launch, 30 seconds had passed.

Reloading of the missiles in practice takes up to 5 minutes, writes WSJ.

The vehicles are constantly in motion and have not returned to their respective military unit bases for several months.

The Ukrainian military assured American journalists that so far, no HIMARS has been destroyed by the Russians. At the same time, M142 operators became more cautious after the appearance of Iranian kamikaze drones in the Russian Armed Forces.

The Ukrainian officer shared that in recent weeks, they have twice decided not to enter the strike position as they received information about the proximity of enemy UAVs.

Ukrainian HIMARS are protected by Special Operations Forces and air defense units.

Currently, 16 M142 HIMARS are in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the near future, 4 more units coming from the US Army’s reserves should arrive. Another 18 will be produced from scratch by the American defense industry for the Armed Forces in the future.