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).
| M142 HIMARS | |
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_firing_during_Saber_Strike_18_(Image_4_of_7).jpg) M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in 2018 | |
| Type | |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2010–present |
| Wars | |
| 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 | or 2 x PrSM |
| 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
- GMLRS rockets, or Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System; The rockets in Ukraine have a range of at least 84 km (52 mi),[7][8][9][10]
- 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 the middle of September 2023).
Used by
- Ukraine: The United States gave 20 HIMARS (as of 2023's first quarter) to Ukraine's military.[10] These HIMARS have been changed so that they cannot fire ATACMS (with a range of almost 200 miles) or other long-range missiles.[10]
- Romania
A rocket launcher sending off a missile from Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine (July 2022)
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M142 HIMARS Media
A proof-of-concept prototype of HIMARS at White Sands Missile Range, April 1991
A HIMARS launcher with armored cab
A HIMARS launcher being loaded into a C-130 Hercules aircraft in 2011
Reloading a HIMARS with a pod of six training rounds in Afghanistan
The Autonomous Multi-domain Launcher at Yuma Proving Ground, April 2024
A map of HIMARS operators in blue
A Ukrainian HIMARS in the Zaporizhya region, June 2022.
Romanian HIMARS loaded into a Royal Air Force A400M Atlas
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References
- ↑ Exclusive: US deploys long-range artillery system to southern Syria for first time (June 13, 2017)CNN.
- ↑ HIMARS Strike At Night In Iraq • 2016 Mosul Advance. Gung Ho Vids.
- ↑ Oestergaard, Joakim. About the HIMARS. Aeroweb. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ HIMARS (18 May 2022)Lockheed Martin. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ↑ High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) — M142USAASC.
- ↑ Himars. Military today. Retrieved 2023-01-02..
- ↑ Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System/Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Alternative Warhead (GMLRS/GMLRS AW)Defense Acquisition Management Information Retrieval. p. 15. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ↑ Ukrainian Army Showcases New 90KM Range M31A1 GMLRS Projectile For HIMARS. Global Defense Corp (2022-09-26). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ↑ Lockheed Tests Improved GMLRS Rocket. Army technology (8 November 2009).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Lubold, Michael R. Gordon and Gordon. WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Altered Himars Rocket Launchers to Keep Ukraine From Firing Missiles Into Russia (in en-US). WSJ. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
