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M220 TOW 2nd series. M260 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube, Hydra 70. M261 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, Hydra 70. M269 launcher/loader, M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M272 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 4-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire. M279 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 2-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire.
M142 HIMARS. The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System ( HIMARS, / ˈhaɪmɑːrz /) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army and mounted on a standard U.S. Army Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) M1140 truck frame. The HIMARS carries one pod with either six Guided Multiple Launch ...
The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon ( SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. [ 2] It is a portable assault weapon (i.e., bunker buster) and has a secondary anti-armor ability. Developed from the B-300, it was introduced to the United States Armed Forces in 1984. It has a maximum effective range of 500 metres ...
In service. 2023–present. Used by. US Army. Specifications. Engine. HEMTT. The Mid-Range Capability ( MRC ), or Typhon, is a US Army transporter erector launcher for Standard SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It was originally developed as the Strategic Mid-range Fires System (SMRF), formerly known as the Midrange Capabilities System ...
Man-portable launcher. The FGM-148 Javelin, or Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium (AAWS-M), is an American-made man-portable anti-tank system in service since 1996, and continuously upgraded. It replaced the M47 Dragon anti-tank missile in US service. [ 11] Its fire-and-forget design features automatic infrared guidance, allowing the user ...
The first man-portable rocket launcher to be mass-produced was the American 60 mm M1 rocket launcher, more commonly known as the Bazooka. It was a man-portable, tube launched, recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon, widely fielded by the United States Army during World War II and into the Cold War.
US Army launcher vehicle based on the M139D 5-ton truck. Production of the MGR-1 variants finished in 1965, with a total production run of more than 7,000 rockets. The Honest John's bulbous nose and distinctive truck-mounted launch ramp made it an easily recognized symbol of the Cold War at army bases worldwide and National Guard armories in ...
The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system.