Light Artillery Rocket System

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Light Artillery Rocket System
Rheinmetall MG 3
Engine8-cylinder multi-fuel
178 HP at 2,300 rpm
SuspensionWheeled 6x6 chassis
Operational
range
500 km (310 mi)
Maximum speed 73.6 km/h (45.7 mph)[1]

The Light Artillery Rocket System (or LARS) is a series of West German vehicle mounted multi-barrel rocket launchers designed for rapid concentration of fire on designated targets. The rockets are of 110 mm caliber. The usual mounting was a lightly armoured Magirus or MAN 6x6 truck.[2] 36 rockets were mounted in two clusters of 18. The weapon entered service in 1969 and was phased out by 1998 and replaced by the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System.[3]

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Firing LARS II.


Operators

Former operators

References

  1. OCLC 911907988
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  2. ^ Army recognition LARS 110 SF 1 Système lance roquette multiple sur camion
  3. ^ 110 mm Light Artillery Rocket System (LARS) rockets – Jane's Ammunition Handbook
  4. OCLC 44779672
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