HIMARS is C-130 transportable and can be deployed into areas previously inaccessible to heavier launchers. It also incorporates the self-loading, autonomous features that have made MLRS the premier rocket artillery system in the world.
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Some other export customers are considering to purchase this system. The HIMARS fires the same rockets as the M270 MLRS, however it carries only one pack with a total of 6 rockets. It offers half firepower of the M270. The standard 227-mm rocket is 3.96 m long and weights 307 kg.
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The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is the light, wheeled version of the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). The HIMARS utilizes the same pod as the M270 MLRS uses. A pod can hold six rockets or a single missile. The windows are made of glass and layers of sapphire.
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The HIMARS carries six rockets or one MGM-140 ATACMS missile on the U.S. Army's new Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) five-ton truck, and can launch the entire Multiple Launch Rocket System Family of Munitions (MFOM). HIMARS is interchangeable with the MLRS M270A1, carrying half the rocket load.
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The M142 HIMARS multiple launch rocket system offers half firepower of the M270 MLRS. The M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) is a lighter version of the M270 MLRS multiple launch rocket system. It is intended for the airborne troops and marines. It entered service with the US Army and Marine Corps in 2005. A total procurement of 900 launchers is planned.
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The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is a U.S. light multiple rocket launcher mounted on a standard Army Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV) truck frame.
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HIMARS carries a single six-pack of rockets or one ATACMS missile on the Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) 5-ton truck, and can launch the entire MLRS family of munitions. It was successfully combat-tested in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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The M142 HIMARS is a multiple rocket launcher vehicle of the United States Army. Armed with six rocket tubes loaded with M-26 artillery rockets, the HIMARS is very effective in engaging against infantry and structures at long-range. HIMARS in the VIP Beta.
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Rockets, Infantry Weapons, Weapons, Marine Corps Weapons, Marine Corps Equipment. Offering Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) firepower on a wheeled chassis, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is the newest member of the MLRS launcher family.
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Less than 15 minutes after the C-130 touched the ground, HIMARS received a fire mission and proceded to fire a volley of six practice rounds.
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what is himars
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System or HIMARS is the light, wheeled version of the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System or MLRS.   The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System HIMARS is the light, wheeled version of the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System MLRS.  