Profile
- Type
- 230 mm laser-guided artillery rocket
- Conflict side
- Ukraine
- Origin
- Turkey
- Service note
- 2020s-present
Artillery
TRLG-230
The TRLG-230 is Roketsan's 230 mm laser-guided artillery rocket for the company's multi-caliber launcher family, combining coordinate guidance with terminal laser designation for precision strikes out to about 70 km. In the Russia-Ukraine War, open-source reporting has identified the system as a Turkish-supplied Ukrainian precision-fires capability, distinct from standard GPS-guided rockets because its laser seeker can be used against designated point targets.
Service History
- In service
- Reported in Ukrainian service from summer 2022
- Used by
- Ukrainian Armed Forces
- Wars
- Russia-Ukraine War
Production History
Specifications
- Caliber
- 230 mm
- Range
- 20-70 km
- Length
- 3.4 m
- Weight
- 210-215 kg, depending on Roketsan datasheet version
- Guidance
- GPS/GLONASS-aided INS with terminal laser seeker
- Warhead
- 42 kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead with steel balls
- Accuracy
- CEP of 2 m or less
- Launch platform
- Roketsan MCL/Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher and compatible launch platforms
Conflict Usage
- Russia-Ukraine War
- Side: Ukraine
Reported as a Turkish-supplied Ukrainian precision rocket-artillery system from 2022, with later open-source reporting linking TRLG-230 launch and support vehicles to Ukraine's 49th Artillery Brigade.
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TRLG-230 Laser Guided MissilePublisher: Roketsan | Note: Official product page supporting manufacturer background, launch-platform compatibility, specifications, and official product image provenance. | Accessed: 2026-06-20TRLG-230 Missile DatasheetPublisher: Roketsan | Note: Official datasheet supporting range, length, diameter, weight, guidance, warhead, platform, and accuracy specifications. | Accessed: 2026-06-20The Stalwart Ally: Turkiye's Arms Deliveries To UkrainePublisher: Oryx | Note: Supports Russia-Ukraine War direct conflict-use context by documenting TRLG-230 guided multiple rocket launchers among Turkish arms deliveries to Ukraine and listing TRLG-230s as delivered in summer 2022. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Turkish Laser-Guided Artillery Rockets Could Be Giving Ukraine New CapabilityPublisher: The War Zone | Note: Supports Russia-Ukraine War direct conflict-use context by reporting Ukrainian employment of Roketsan MBRL launchers with precision-guided 230 mm TRLG-230 rockets. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Ukraine has Roketsan's TRLG-230 Missiles on the FieldPublisher: TurDef | Note: Supports Russia-Ukraine War direct conflict-use context by reporting imagery tying TRLG-230 launcher and ammunition-support vehicles to Ukraine's 49th Artillery Brigade. | Accessed: 2026-06-20