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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Volcano mine system. The M136 Volcano Vehicle-Launched Scatterable Mine System is an automated mine delivery system developed by the United States Army in the 1980s. The system uses prepackaged mine canisters which contain multiple anti-personnel (AP) and/or anti-tank (AT) mines which are dispersed over a wide area when ejected from the ...
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 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.