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The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American armored self-propelled multiple launch rocket system. The U.S. Army variant of the M270 is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s were delivered in 1983, and were adopted by several NATO and non-NATO militaries.
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.
Later, from 2009 to 2013, it developed a new multiple rocket launcher system with an automated fire control system compatible with the ammunition used in the M270 MLRS, which the South Korean military had previously operated, for replacing the aging Kooryong system. [6]
Britain will supply Ukraine with multiple-launch rocket systems that can strike targets up to 80 km (50 miles) away, it said on Monday, in a move that was coordinated with the United States in ...
M269 launcher/loader, M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M272 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 4-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire;
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.
M270 ©Maikel de Vaan / iStock Editorial via Getty Images. ... Top speed: 39.8 mph — #26 fastest out of 32 vehicles. Role: Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) Crew size: 3. First entered ...
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]