M142 HIMARS
The M142 HIMARS (M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) is a light rocket launcher that can launch many rockets.The system was developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army. It is mounted on a truck frame. The vehicle is what that army calls a Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV).
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![]() M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in 2018 | |
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Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 2010–present |
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Production history | |
Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin's Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control |
Unit cost | $3.5 million per one launcher+carrier, $110,000 per one M31 GMLRS (2014);[3] |
No. built | More than 540[4] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 16,250 kg (35,800 lb)[5] |
Length | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
Width | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Height | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Crew | 3 |
Traverse | 360° |
Effective firing range | depends on armament
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Armor | Light |
Main armament |
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Engine | Caterpillar 3116 ATAAC 6.6-liter diesel 290 hp[6] |
Operational range | 480 km (300 mi) |
Maximum speed | 85 km/h (53 mph) |
Rockets
- A GMLRS rocket, or Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, has a range of almost 50 miles.[7]
- ATACMS rocket, or MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), has a range of up to 300 km (190 mi). Ukraine does not have this kind (as of 2023's second quarter).
Used by
- Ukraine: The United States gave 20 HIMARS to the Ukraine's military.[7] These HIMARS have been changed so that they cannot fire ATACMS (with a range of almost 200 miles) or other long-range missiles.[7]
- Romania
- A rocket launcher sending off a missile from Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine (July 2022)
References
- "Exclusive: US deploys long-range artillery system to southern Syria for first time". CNN. June 13, 2017.
- "HIMARS Strike At Night In Iraq • 2016 Mosul Advance". Gung Ho Vids. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021 – via YouTube.
- Oestergaard, Joakim. "About the HIMARS". Aeroweb. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- "HIMARS". Lockheed Martin. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- "High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) — M142". USAASC.
- "Himars", Military today.
- Lubold, Michael R. Gordon and Gordon. "WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Altered Himars Rocket Launchers to Keep Ukraine From Firing Missiles Into Russia". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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