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Latest revision as of 13:13, 27 June 2024
Parent topics
- M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System [r]: A fully-tracked artillery firing platform that carries two munitions pods, containing either six rockets or short-range surface-to-surface missiles, or one MGM-140 ATACMS tactical ballistic missile [e]
- M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System [r]: A wheeled vehicle that holds a single launch canister to fire six M30 or XM31 guided rockets, or one MGM-140 ATACMS tactical ballistic missile) [e]
- Unguided rocket [r]: A form of artillery weapon that uses a rocket motor to propel a warhead at a target, using no guidance once launched [e]
- Cluster munition [r]: A military weapon, fired or dropped from another weapon, that releases smaller submunitions that cause the actual destructive effect [e]
Subtopics
- M77 DPICM [r]: Add brief definition or description
- M85 DPICM [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Counterbattery [r]: Defense against enemy artillery involving identifying the point of origin of hostile fire and directing lethal force against it [e]
- Suppression of enemy air defense [r]: Military actions taken to reduce the effectiveness, or destroy, the radars, radio and other communications links, surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft artillery, fighter aircraft and their airbases and command posts of air defense systems [e]
- M26 (rocket) [r]: A series of long-range (20mi/32 km-28mi/45km) unguided rockets fired by the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, carrying 518 to 644 cluster submunitions; retired due to an excessive number of submunitions failing to detonate and becoming effective minefields [e]
- M30 (rocket) [r]: An aerodynamically steered, rocket-propelled surface-to-surface missile, carrying cluster submunitions, fired by the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System at greater ranges than the M109 howitzer [e]
- XM31 (rocket) [r]: Add brief definition or description