M270A1 MLRS (Multiple Launch
Rocket System) – 991
In service: 1983-present
Designer: Vought
Corporation
Designed: 1977
Manufacturer: Lockheed
Martin, Diehl BGT Defence
Produced: 1980-2003
Specifications
Weight: 24,950 kg
Length: 6.85 m
Width: 2.97 m
Height: 2.59 m
Crew: 3
Rate of fire:
Rockets – 12 rounds in < 40 sec;
Missiles – 2 rounds in 10 sec
Effective firing
range: 64 km
Main armament: M269
Launcher Loader Module
Engine: Cummins
Diesel, 500 hp (368 kW)
Operational range:
640 km
Speed: 64.3 km/h
MLRS rockets and
missiles
M26: Rocket with
644 M77 Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) submunitions,
range of 32 km:
M26A1 – Extended Range Rocket (ERR), with range of 45
km and 518 M85 submunitions (an improved version of the M77 DPICM submunition);
M26A2 – As M26A1, but using M77 submunitions. Interim
use until M85 submunition entered service
XM29: Rocket with
Sense and Destroy Armor (SADARM) submunitions. Not standardized
M30: Guided MLRS
(GMLRS). A precision guided rocket, range over 60 km with a standard load of
404 M85 submunitions
M31: Guided
Unitary MLRS. Variant of the M30 with a unitary high-explosive warhead for use
in urban and mountainous terrain
M39 (MGM-140):
Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). A large guided missile using the M270
launcher, with a variety of warheads
XM135: Rocket with
binary chemical warhead (VX (nerve agent)). Not standardized.
Selected rocket
specifications
Caliber: 227 mm
Length: 3.94 m
Motor: Solid-fuel
rocket
Weight:
M26 – 306 kg;
M26A1/M26A2 – 296 kg
Range (max):
M26 – 32 km;
M26A1/M26A2 – over 45 km;
M30/M31 – 70 km
Guidance: M30/M31
– GPS/INS
Warhead:
M26 – 644 M77 DPICM submunitions;
M26A1 – 518 M85 DPICM submunitions;
M26A2 – 518 M77 DPICM submunitions;
M30 – 404 M85 DPICM submunitions;
M31 – 90 kg unitary HE
The M993 is a
derivative of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle chassis
MGM-140 ATACMS – Army
Tactical Missile System
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