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The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is a multiple rocket launcher, a type of rocket artillery. It is capable of firing guided and unguided projectiles to a distance of up to 42 km (26.1 miles). Firing modern munitions it is capable of reaching out to 300 km (186 miles) with the projectile reaching a maximal altitude of ~50 km (164,000 ft). The M270 is a very mobile unit, thus well suited for the so called shoot-and-scoot tactic: it can fire its rockets very rapidly and immediately move away to avoid the counter-battery fire.