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M142 HIMARS. The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System ( HIMARS, / ˈhaɪmɑːrz /) 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. The HIMARS carries one pod with either six Guided Multiple Launch ...
405 km (251 mi) Maximum speed. 75 km/h (47 mph) The BM-21 "Grad" ( Russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit. ' hailstorm ') is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. [ 9] The system and the M-21OF rocket [ 10] were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first combat use in March 1969 during the Sino ...
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)
Rocket pod. Su-20 aircraft with UB-32 rocket pods, each carrying thirty two S-5 rockets. A rocket pod is a launcher that contains several unguided rockets held in individual tubes, designed to be used by attack aircraft or attack helicopters for close air support. In many cases, rocket pods are streamlined to reduce aerodynamic drag.
M202 FLASH. The M202 FLASH ("Flame Assault Shoulder") [3] is an American rocket launcher manufactured by Northrop Corporation, designed to replace the World War II –vintage flamethrowers (such as the M1 and the M2) that remained the military's standard incendiary devices well into the 1980s. The XM202 prototype launcher was tested in the ...
The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon ( SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. [ 2] It is a portable assault weapon (i.e., bunker buster) and has a secondary anti-armor ability. Developed from the B-300, it was introduced to the United States Armed Forces in 1984. It has a maximum effective range of 500 metres ...
Multiple rocket launcher. 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. Rockets are self-propelled in flight and have different capabilities ...