What is M142 HIMARS?
{{infobox weapon | name = M142 HIMARS | image = 180614-A-IY962-102 - M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) firing during Saber Strike 18 (Image 4 of 7).jpg | caption = M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in 2018<!-- during Saber Strike 18--> | origin = [[United States]] | type = {{ubl|[[Multiple rocket launcher]]|[[Tactical ballistic missile]]}} <!-- Type selection --> | is_ranged = yes | is_artillery = yes | is_vehicle = yes | is_missile = yes <!-- Service history --> | service = 2010–present | wars = {{ubl |[[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]] |[[Syrian Civil War]]<ref>{{Cite web |date = June 13, 2017 |url= http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/us-artillery-system-southern-syria/ |publisher = CNN |title = Exclusive: US deploys long-range artillery system to southern Syria for first time}}</ref> |[[Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzCWeCJMxFU |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/lzCWeCJMxFU |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=HIMARS Strike At Night In Iraq • 2016 Mosul Advance |work =Gung Ho Vids|via= YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |[[War in Ukraine]] }} <!-- Production history --> | designer = | design_date = | manufacturer = [[Lockheed Martin]]'s [[Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control]] | unit_cost = $3.5&nbsp;million per one launcher+carrier, $110,000 per one M31 GMLRS (2014);<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oestergaard |first1= Joakim |title=About the HIMARS |url= https://www.bga-aeroweb.com/Defense/HIMARS.html |website=Aeroweb |access-date=28 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150423045905/http://www.bga-aeroweb.com/Defense/HIMARS.html |archive-date=23 April 2015}}</ref> | production_date = | number = More than 540<ref>{{cite web |title=HIMARS |date=18 May 2022