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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.
Australia: In May 2022, Australia ordered 20 M142 HIMARS launchers for the Australian Army with 10 M57 ATACMS unitary rockets and other MLRS munitions in an AU$545m (US$385m) contract. [113] [needs update] Estonia: A request to buy up to 18 M57 ATACMS was approved in July 2022. [114]
[146] [171] Kongsberg Defence Australia and Thales Australia are offering the StrikeMaster a Naval Strike Missile system based on the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle utility variant. [172] [173] Lockheed Martin is offering a M142 HIMARS system with the AGM-158C LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile). [173]
It is also designed to be thinner and sleeker, increasing the number of missiles per pod to two, and doubling the capacity of the M270 MLRS and M142 HIMARS launchers. [4] [5] Boeing and Raytheon were involved in the competitive effort, but both left the competition in early 2020, leaving Lockheed Martin to develop the missile. [6]
U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, and U.S. Army HIMARS with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, fire H185 RRPRS during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 on Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 18, 2021.
Australia: In May 2022, Australia ordered 20 M142 HIMARS launchers for the Australian Army with 10 M57 ATACMS unitary rockets and other MLRS munitions in an AU$545m (US$385m) contract. [80] [needs update] Estonia: A request to buy up to 18 M57 ATACMS was approved in July 2022. [81]
HIMARS self-propelled Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF). [18] [19] [20] Coastal artillery. 3-inch gun M1903; 5-inch gun M1897; 6-inch gun M1897; 8-inch M1888; 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun; 10-inch gun M1895; 12-inch coast defense mortar; 12-inch gun M1895; 14-inch gun M1907; 14-inch M1920 railway gun; 16-inch ...
M142 HIMARS: Rocket artillery United States: 24 516 rockets. [4] [4] SSPH-1 Primus: Self-propelled artillery Singapore: 48 Excluding 2× command post and 4× recovery vehicle. [citation needed] [4] FH-2000: 155mm Towed howitzer Singapore: 17 [7] [4] SLWH Pegasus: 105mm Towed howitzer Singapore: 60 [4] Ordnance QF 25-pounder: 87.5mm Gun-howitzer ...