Mobile launcher vehicle

A mobile launcher vehicle is a type of military vehicle on a multi-wheel-drive or tracked 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

Examples

• Soviet/Russian ZIL-135
• Soviet/Russian RT-2UTTH Topol M (roadless terrain ICBM)
• Soviet/Russian RT-23 Molodets (railway car ICBM)
• American MGR-1 Honest John
• German Meillerwagen

See also

• Transporter erector launcher, including those used in conjunction with SCUD missiles
• submarine-launched ballistic missiles