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M142 HIMARS launching a GMLRS rocket at the White Sands Missile Range in 2005. A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a volley gun.
The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American armored self-propelled multiple launch rocket system. The U.S. Army variant of the M270 is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s were delivered in 1983, and were adopted by several NATO and non-NATO militaries.
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS / ˈ h aɪ m ɑːr z /) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army and mounted on a standard U.S. Army Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) M1140 truck frame.
Competing with an upgrade of a number of Greece's rocket artillery M270 MLRS by Lockheed, as part of a modernization program of the rocket artillery forces. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] If purchased, the Hellenic Army will acquire 36 or 40 [ 32 ] of the European version, EURO PULS MLRS, [ 32 ] in a deal of €600-700 million, with the construction of some of ...
The K239 Chunmoo is a self-propelled multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) capable of firing several different guided or unguided artillery rockets. The K239 is capable of launching K33 131 mm rockets, but not 130 mm rockets (such as the K30, K37 and K38), which are used in the existing K136 Kooryong rocket artillery system.
M270 MLRS. Rocket artillery is artillery that uses rockets as the projectile. The use of rocket artillery dates back to medieval China where devices such as fire arrows were used (albeit mostly as a psychological weapon). Fire arrows were also used in multiple launch systems and transported via carts.
M270 MLRS United States: 227 6 M142 HIMARS United States: 230 12 TOROS missile—medium range Turkey: 240 12 Fajr-3 Iran: Since 1996 240 6 Falaq-1 Iran: 240 [1] 12 MAM-02 multiple launch rocket system Myanmar: Since 2018 260 8 TOROS missile—long range Turkey: 262 12 M-87 "Orkan" Yugoslavia Serbia: 306 8 Lynx-EXTRA Israel: 300 4 T-300 Kasırga ...
RM-70 Modular allows this artillery system to launch either twenty-eight 122 mm rockets, or six 227 mm rockets as used on the M270 MLRS. This way the system became fully NATO interoperable. The truck cabin is entirely armored. The Slovak Republic signed for 26 upgraded artillery systems with the first one delivered on May 20, 2005.