High Mobility Artillery rocket system
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The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is a U.S. light multiple rocket launcher system mounted on a truck.
HIMARS carries six rockets or one ATACMS missile on the US Army's new FMTV five-ton truck, and can launch the entire MLRS family of munitions. HIMARS is interchangeable with the MLRS M270A1, carrying half the rocket load.
The vehicle is C-130 transportable and produced by Armor Holdings Aerospace and Defense Group Tactical Vehicle Systems Division, the OEM of the FMTV. The rocket system is produced by Lockheed Martin. In 2002, the United States Marine Corps arranged with the US Army to acquire 40 of the systems. Fielding began in 2005.
[edit] Specifications
| Crew: | 3: Gunner, Driver, and Section Chief |
| Weight: | 24,000 lb |
| Vehicle Range: | 480 km |
| Road Speed: | 85 km/hour |
| Armament: | 6 MLRS series rockets or 1 ATACMS missile |
