Mobile launcher vehicle

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A mobile launcher vehicle is a type of military vehicle on a multi-wheel-drive or crawler-tread chassis carrying one or more ground-to-ground or ground-to-air explosive missiles, along with the personnel and equipment needed to prepare, organize, and execute a launch of such missiles.

Purpose of mobility:

  • going to a suitable launch location
  • being less easy to locate by the enemy, hence less vulnerable

[edit] Examples

Soviet/Russian ZIL-135

Soviet/Russian RT-2UTTH Topol M

American MGR-1 Honest John

Transporter erector launcher, including those used in conjunction with SCUD missiles

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