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A British M270 MLRS in 2008 in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan (right vehicle) British M270 firing at Otterburn Training Area in 2015 A MARS II of the German Army. M270 is the original version, which carries a weapon load of 12 rockets in two six-pack pods. This armored, tracked mobile launcher uses a stretched Bradley chassis and has a high cross ...
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 missile can be fired from the tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and the wheeled M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). An ATACMS launch container (pod) has one rocket but a lid patterned with six circles like a standard MLRS rocket lid to prevent an enemy from discerning what type of missile is loaded. [1]
The HIMARS carries one pod with either six Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets or one ATACMS missile. It is based on the U.S. Army's FMTV five-ton truck, and is capable of launching all rockets in the Multiple Launch Rocket System Family of Munitions. HIMARS ammunition pods are interchangeable with the M270 MLRS. It has a single pod ...
The M270 was accurate to ten feet in 1982 at ranges triple the max range (and dreadful accuracy) of the 9k58. Also, the M270 is far, far more reliable and versatile with chem, cluster, precision, survelliance and mine munitions (and is even used to take out individual snipers in Iraq and Lebanon).
The inclusion of SkyStriker UAV/loitering munitions, will be a request the Greek Army will make, according to media reports from January 2025. [ 32 ] [ 35 ] If approved for purchase by the Parliament and KYSEA , the launchers will be vehicle-mounted on Iveco trucks , similar to the ones Germany used for the system.
Mk 316 Mod 0; Mk319 Mod 0.300 Winchester Magnum. Mk 248 Mod 0/1.338 Lapua Magnum; 9×19mm Parabellum. M882 Ball.40 S&W.45 ACP.50 BMG [2] M8 Armor Piercing Incendiary (API) M17 Tracer; M20 Armor Piercing Incendiary-Tracer (API-T) M33 Ball; M903 SLAP; M962 SLAP-T; M1022 Long-Range Sniper; Mk 211 Mod 0; Mk257 API Dim Tracer; Mk 300 Mod 0 API-T; 12 ...
It combines the SDB with the M26 rocket, enabling it to be launched from ground-based missile systems such as the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System and M142 HIMARS. [9] [10] The weapon started initial mass production in 2023 and saw its first combat deployment by Ukraine in 2024 during the Russian invasion of the country.