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The M31 GMLRS Unitary rocket transformed the M270 into a point target artillery system for the first time. Due to Global Positioning System (GPS) guidance and a single 200 lb (91 kg) high-explosive warhead, the M31 could hit targets accurately with less chance of collateral damage while needing fewer rockets to be fired, reducing logistical ...
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 first is the ER-GMLRS, which is a longer-range, more sophisticated version of the M31 GMLRS rockets currently in Ukrainian service. The second is the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), a more ...
GMLRS rockets were introduced in 2005 and the M30 and M31 rockets are, except for their warheads, identical. [84] As of 1 December 2021 50,000 GMLRS rockets have been produced, [90] with yearly production now exceeding 9,000 rockets. Each rocket pod contains 6 identical rockets.
Although the MRL's design is suspected to be based on Russian and Chinese large-caliber rocket artillery, with guidance likely coming from Russian GLONASS or Chinese Beidou navigation system, the rockets have two control fins on their heads, a guidance characteristic of the American M31 GMLRS that has four small wings attached to the head of ...
5 donated to Ukraine [134] The weapons used by Germany are the MLRS (M26 AT2), and GMLRS (M31, M31A1, M32) and 110 mm rockets Mortars M113 Panzermörser 120 mm M113 G3 EFT GE PzMrs 120 mm (NDV 2) United States Germany Finland. Mortar carrier: 48: 48 mortar carriers in service as of 2017. [135]
T numbers were given to development models. M16 and M8 rockets T-30 Rocket launcher. T1 rocket launcher, 2.36 inch, solid tube shoulder mount. M1 bazooka; T3 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 1-tube on M4 carriage, (37 mm Gun M3)
The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS / ə ˈ t æ k ə m z /) is a supersonic tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the US defense company Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), and later Lockheed Martin through acquisitions.