EDEX 2025: AOI unveils Rad'a 300 MRL

The Rad'a 300 multiple rocket launcher displayed on the AOI stand at EDEX 2025. (Janes/Jeremy Binnie)

Egypt's Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) unveiled the Rad'a 300 multiple rocket launcher (MRL) during the 2025 Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX) held in Cairo from 1 to 4 December.

The system combines AOI's improved version of the ATS-59G, a Soviet tracked carrier still in Egyptian service, with a smaller version of the self-loading launcher used by the SR5 MRL made by China's Norinco.

The Rad'a 300 has one munitions pod instead of the two carried by an SR5. This can be loaded with 20 122 mm artillery rockets or Norinco's Fire Dragon family of guided surface-to-surface missiles. The missile options listed for the Egyptian system were 220 mm (six per pod) with a range of 25–75 km, 300 mm (four per pod) with a range of 30–150 km, and 610 mm (one per pod) with a range of 100–290 km.

The system can deploy in 2 minutes, takes 5 minutes to respond to an order to fire, and can reload itself in 3 minutes, according to the brochure.

It is fitted with a fire-control system that enables target co-ordinates to be entered manually or automatically via a command-and-control system. It can also be remotely fired from up to 60 m away using a controller that plugs into the side of its cab.

An AOI representative told Janes that the Rad'a 300 has been tested and approved but not ordered by the Egyptian Armed Forces. He added that, under its agreement with Norinco, Egypt is allowed to export the system to other countries and noted that its light weight compared to the wheeled SR5 could make it an attractive option.