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The Fajr-3 (rarely Fadjr-3 [5]) (Persian: فجر-۳) is an Iranian heavy 240 mm intermediate-range [6] multiple-launch artillery rocket (MLRS). [4] The Fajr-3 is a license-built copy, with slight modifications, of a North Korean MLRS called the M-1985. [7] The Fajr-3 was introduced in the 1990s and has since been exported to Syria, Hamas and ...
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 rocket's double base propulsion burns for an average time of 5.3 seconds, reaching a peak velocity of 1100 m/s. [2] The rocket's motor has nine launch nozzles arranged in a circle, which are slanted to help create spin-stabilization in flight. [8] The Fajr-5 rocket carries a 175 kg warhead with a fragmentation radius of 500m. [2]
The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People's Republic of China in the early 1960s and later exported and manufactured globally. Although no longer serving with active infantry units, the Type 63 is still in People's Liberation Army service with specialized formations such as mountain ...
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.
Multiple rocket launcher system 1,467+ Type-63: 107mm MRL 700 [52] China: Fajr 1: 107mm MRL: 600 [52] 1986 Iran China: Mounted on the Safir: BM-21 Grad: 122mm multiple launch rocket system: 107 [52] 1978 Soviet Union: Fajr-3: 240mm multiple launch rocket system: 10 [52] 1994 Iran: Fajr-5: 330mm multiple launch rocket system: N/A [52] 1990 Iran ...
The Haseb rocket is an Iranian 107 mm Artillery rocket derived from the Chinese Type 63 multiple rocket launcher. [1] It is mounted on a Haseb (same name) Multiple Launch Rocker System (MLRS) with 12-tube 2-wheel split rail similar to that of the Type 63 multiple rocket launcher. [1] The rocket has a range of 9 km and a warhead weighing 8 kg. [2]
Serbian Army - Elbit Systems announced on the 18th of November, 2024 that it was awarded a contract worth approximately $335 million to supply PULS multiple rocket launchers and Hermes 900 unmanned aerial systems an "unnamed European customer", which turned out to be Serbia. [23] The contract will be performed over a period of 3.5 years. [24 ...