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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.
Rocket Artillery (594+ active) [33] M270: 227 mm 240 mm 610 mm 430 mm (future) Multiple launch rocket system United States: 226+ [33] M270A1/A2. [33] Armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher. M142 HIMARS: 227 mm 610 mm 240 mm (future) 430 mm (future) Multiple launch rocket system United States: 368 [33]
One launcher firing twelve rockets can completely blanket one square kilometre with cluster munitions; a typical MLRS cluster salvo would involve three M270 vehicles firing together. With each rocket containing 644 M77 submunitions, the entire salvo would drop 23,184 submunitions in the target area. However, at a two percent dud rate, that ...
Developed by Lockheed Martin, the M142 HIMARS combines the firepower of a multiple rocket launcher with the mobility of a six-wheeled chassis.
Poland is preparing to start talks on ordering over 100 HIMARS rocket launchers under a framework agreement with U.S. arms maker Lockheed Martin Corporation, a senior military official in the ...
Built by the defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin, they’re fired from either the tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) or the wheeled M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).
The missiles 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]
M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) M143 rocket launcher, 3.5-inch, 1-tube, tripod mount ... T59 rocket launcher, 10.75 inch, 18-rail, tracked trailer ...