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The Hydra 70 rocket is an American made 2.75-inch (70 mm) diameter fin-stabilized unguided rocket used primarily in the air-to-ground role. It can be equipped with a variety of warheads, and in more recent versions, guidance systems for point attacks.
Where possible the system utilizes existing Hydra 70 components such as launchers, rocket motors, warheads and fuzes.The weapon bridges the gap between the Hydra 70 and AGM-114 Hellfire systems and provides a cost-effective method of engaging lightly armored point targets.
The US Air Force used 2.75 in (70 mm) rockets with WDU-4/A flechette warheads. [citation needed] The 70 mm Hydra 70 rocket currently in service with the US Armed forces can be fitted with an anti-personnel (APERS) warhead containing 1,179 flechettes. [12] They are carried by attack helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache and the AH-1 Cobra.
General Dynamics' (GD) Hydra-70 rockets include unitary and cargo warheads for use against point and area targets.
General Dynamics' (GD) Hydra-70 rockets can be mounted on most of the rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, which include the Apache, Cobra and F-16.
On Wednesday, General Dynamics announced that its Armament and Technical Products unit has won a pair of contracts from the U.S. Army for the supply and support of Hydra-70 air-to-ground rockets.
M260 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube, Hydra 70 M261 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, Hydra 70 M269 launcher/loader, M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)
General Dynamics' (GD) Combat Systems segment that manufactures and supplies Hydra-70 rockets registers 4.4% year-over-year sales growth in the first quarter of 2020. General Dynamics (GD) Wins $3 ...