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| Katyusha multiple rocket launchers are a type of rocket artillery built and fielded by the Soviet Union beginning in the Second World War. Compared to other types of artillery, multiple rocket launchers are able to deliver a devastating amount of explosives to an area target in a short period of time, although with low accuracy, and then take a relatively long period of time to reload. Old System, reformated from the Orginal Text They are inexpensive and easy to produce, [b]but relatively fragile.[/b] Katyushas of World War Two, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on trucks. This mobility gives Katyushas (and other self-propelled artillery) another advantage: they are able to deliver a blow and then move before the other side is able to attack their position with counter-battery fire. |
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| The Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) provides the Army an all-weather, indirect, area fire weapon system to strike counterfire, air defense, armored formations, and other high-payoff targets at all depths of the tactical battlefield. Primary missions of MLRS include the suppression, neutralization and destruction of threat fire support and forward area air defense targets. |
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* delivery of fire from an unsurveyed fire position; * laying of the launch tube cluster with the crew staying in the cabin and without using aiming points; * autonomous determination of an azimuth of the launch tube clusters longitudinal axis; * visual representation of graphical information for the launch tube cluster laying, the route of vehicle movement and location as well as a point of destination and direction of movement on the video terminal; * increase in MLRS survivability owing to reduced time of staying at a fire position; * increased comfort for the laying operator, especially in adverse weather conditions and at night; * increased independent operation owing to the navigation and survey equipment, which allows the vehicle to rapidly change fire positions and move autonomously; * reduction of the combat crew. Range: 70 and 90 km. Comes in various warheads. cluster; cluster warhead with anti-armor self-guided submunitions; cluster warhead with AT minelets; HEAT/HE-Fragmentation; HE-Fragmentation; thermobaric; HE-Fragmentation. |
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| The Pinaka is a complete MBRS system with six launcher vehicles as a battery with each launcher having 12 rockets. A battery of six launchers can neutralise an area of 1000 m x 800 m. * Use of state-of-the-art technologies for improved combat performance * Total operational time optimised for shoot & scoot capability * Cabin pressurisation for crew protection in addition to blast shields * Microprocessor-based fully automatic positioning and fire control console * Neutralisation/destruction of the exposed troop concentrations, B vehicles and other such soft targets * Neutralisation of enemy guns/rocket locations * Laying of antipersonnel and antitank mines at a short notice. Range :7 km - 40 km |
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Warhead type : DPICM, HE-Incendiary, Antitank mines, Antipersonnel mines, Runway Denial Range: 20-90KM (SS60, SS80, ranges) |
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| Couple of Video Clips & photos of Tigerland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gzN-ZBdRgs |
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Malaysian MLRS Firing. Was posted by
in Malaysian Armed Forces Thread. |
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| I believe we already have a MLRS in our artillery inventory from credible sources,but Mindef chose not to reveal them yet much like the Centurions. :) |
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| Thailand maps out high-technology missile programme By Robert Karniol Thailand is launching an ambitious programme aimed at developing and producing a range of sophisticated rockets and missiles, according to an internal Ministry of Defence document seen by Jane's. The initiative, which has yet to be formally announced, is particularly noteworthy as Thailand has never previously appeared to see development of the local defence industry as a priority. Current capabilities are mainly limited to the production of small arms under licence, as well as explosives and ammunition, and the modernisation and repair of aircraft and armoured vehicles. Thailand also has a limited shipbuilding and repair capability. The Royal Thai Army's Directorate of Armament has produced unguided rockets since 1964, and the air force does the same through its Science and Weapon System Development Centre. Training rockets are also produced by the navy's Directorate of Armament. |
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| Thailand Embarks On Native Missile Program: Jane's Apr 13, 2007 Thailand has decided to develop and produce rockets and missiles in a radical shift towards building an indigenous defense industry, Jane's Defence Weekly reported April 12. The specialist publication said the program would lift Thailand beyond its current capacity for producing explosives, ammunition and small arms under license as well as modernizing and repairing aircraft and armored vehicles. Citing an internal Thai defense ministry document, Jane's said Thailand will start by developing a multiple-launch rocket with a range of 48 miles. There is already a project underway to develop a 160 millimeter MLR with a 40-kilometer range, it said. Other projects include a strategic rocket with turbojet engine guided by global position system and inertial navigation system, it added. Such a rocket is significant because it implies efforts to develop a surface-to-surface missile with a range at the upper limit of the voluntary Missile Technology Control Regime. The MTCR, a global disarmament group involving the U.S. and 33 other members, was established in 1987 to control exports of missiles which can deliver weapons of mass destruction. The Thai armed forces do not currently have any surface-to-surface missiles in their inventory, it added. The ministry document says funding pressures on the defense budget and encouragement by unspecified sectors for greater self-sufficiency is driving the new program. Thailand's King Bhumipol Adulyadej, who enjoys strong support from the armed forces which overthrew the Thai government in a bloodless coup last September, has called for a sufficiency economy, the weekly said. Jane's added that the new research and development program was launched before the coup but gained formal approval when it was submitted to the country's Defence Council about a month afterwards. |
