M270 MLRS
Key specs
- Type
- Multiple rocket launcher
- Origin
United States- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin, Diehl BGT Defence, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, Aérospatiale
- Designer
- Ling-Temco-Vought
- Designed
- 1977
- Entered service
- 1983
- Produced
- 1980–2003
- Units produced
- 1,300
- Status
- In service
- Crew
- 3
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Overview
M270 MLRS is a multiple rocket launcher from the United States, made by Lockheed Martin, Diehl BGT Defence, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Aérospatiale. It entered service in 1983; it was produced from 1980 to 2003; 1,300 were built. It fires 227 mm rockets up to 300 km. It is used or was used by Türkiye, Israel, the United States, Egypt and 13 other countries, and saw combat in the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan, among others.
Specifications
Armament
- Main armament
- 12 × MLRS or
- Caliber
- 227 mm
- Maximum range of fire
- 300 km
Dimensions and weights
- Weight
- 24 t
- Length
- 6.97 m
- Width
- 3.00 m
- Height
- 2.59 m
Mobility and protection
- Engine
- Cummins VTA-903 diesel engine
- Power
- 373 kW
- Road speed
- 64 km/h
- Operational range
- 483 km
- Suspension
- Torsion bar
- Armour
- 5083 aluminum hull, 7039 aluminum cab
Variants
M270M270A1M270A2MARS IILRUMLRS-I
Users & conflicts
Egypt
Greece
Japan
Türkiye
Finland
Germany
Israel
Italy
South Korea
Ukraine
Denmark
Netherlands
NorwaySources
- Wikipedia (ru): M270 MLRS, Wikipedia
- Wikipedia (uk): M270 (РСЗВ), Wikipedia
- Wikipedia: M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, Wikipedia
Figures from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article, completed from Wikidata and the article in other languages where it gives none; where there are several versions, the first one given. Operators include former ones; the side that used a vehicle in a war is derived from its operators.
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