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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.
The Mini-Grad (Ukrainian: Міні-Град) is a Ukrainian improvised mobile multiple rocket launcher consisting of BM-21 Grad launch tubes mounted on a pickup truck. They have a number of extra features to improve survivability and accuracy at short ranges.
The AH-1G Cobra and the UH-1B "Huey" used a variety of launchers including the M158 seven-tube and M200 19-tube rocket launchers designed for the Mk 40 rocket motor; however, these models have been replaced by upgraded variants in the U.S. Marine Corps because they were not compatible with the Mk 66 rocket motor.
The Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb is a weapon made by Boeing and the Saab Group, who modified Boeing's GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) with the addition of a rocket motor. It has a range of up to 150 km (93 mi).
7-tube 70 mm (2.75") rocket launcher; not compatible with Mk 66 rocket motor; USAF LAU-32A/A XM157B XM157A variant; longer launch tubes, capable of further mounting an XM118 dispenser XM158/M158 Launcher, 2.75-inch rocket, seven-tube, reloadable, reusable, repairable; 7-tube 70 mm (2.75") rocket launcher M158A1
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A smaller variation is the gyrojet, a small arms rocket launcher with ammunition slightly larger than that of a .45-caliber pistol. Recoilless rifles are sometimes confused with rocket launchers. A recoilless rifle launches its projectile using an explosive powder charge, not a rocket engine, though some such systems have sustainer rocket motors.
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