The LAROM is a
Romania
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n native-made, highly mobile,
multiple rocket launcher
A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a volle ...
, attached to a
DAC-25.360 6x6 truck, in service with the
Romanian Land Forces
The Romanian Land Forces ( ro, Forțele Terestre Române) is the army of Romania, and the main component of the Romanian Armed Forces. In recent years, full professionalisation and a major equipment overhaul have transformed the nature of the Lan ...
, built in collaboration with
Israel
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. Currently there are 54 systems in service, all operated by the
8th Mixed Artillery Brigade. Most likely it was influenced by the
BM-21 Grad
The BM-21 "Grad" (russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit= hail) is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system and the M-21OF rocket were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first com ...
122 mm multiple rocket launcher (MRL) system which entered service with the
Soviet Army
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in 1963 also utilizing a six-by-six truck chassis fitted with a bank of 40 122mm launch tubes arranged in a rectangular shape that can be turned away from the unprotected
cabin.
Armament
The ''LAROM'' standard launch pod containers hold 13 LAR Mk IV rockets or 20 GRAD rockets, with two pods on a launcher.
The LAROM can operate with the standard 122 mm rockets, as well as with the more advanced 160 mm rocket, with a strike range between 20 and 45 km. The GRAD 122 mm rocket is utilised to suppress and annihilate concentrated targets. It has an 18 kg high-explosive warhead, a range of approximately 20 km and can be fired in salvos of up to 2 rounds per second.
The
LAR-160
The LAR-160 is a light artillery rocket (hence ''LAR'') with a 160mm calibre, a minimum range of 12 km and a maximum range of 45 km, from a multiple rocket launcher. Each standard launcher holds two 13 rocket Launch Pod Containers (LPC's ...
160mm rockets employ composite
solid propellants
Rocket propellant is the reaction mass of a rocket. This reaction mass is ejected at the highest achievable velocity from a rocket engine to produce thrust. The energy required can either come from the propellants themselves, as with a chemical ...
. The rocket is
spin-stabilizing in flight via wraparound stabilizing fins deployed upon rocket exiting launcher. The Mk IV rocket is capable of taking various
warhead
A warhead is the forward section of a device that contains the explosive agent or toxic (biological, chemical, or nuclear) material that is delivered by a missile, rocket, torpedo, or bomb.
Classification
Types of warheads include:
* Expl ...
s and commonly fitted with either a HE-COFRAM type or a
Cluster munition warhead. The cluster warhead operates by a remotely set electronic time-fuse which opens the bomblet canister at the calculated height to give area coverage of about 31,400 m
2 for each cluster warhead. The LAR Mk IV has a minimum range of 10 km and maximum range of 45 km and can be fired in salvos of up to 1 round every 1.8 seconds.
Gallery
Image:LAROM MRL during the Romanian National Day military parade 2.jpeg, LAROM MLRS on DAC-665 chassis
File:LAROM_-_DAC_26410_-_01.jpg, LAROM MLRS on DAC 26410 chassis
File:LAROM_-_DAC_26410_-_02.jpg, LAROM MLRS on DAC 26410 chassis
File:LAROM_-_DAC_26410_-_03.jpg, LAROM MLRS on DAC 26410 chassis
File:LAROM_-_DAC_26410_-_04.jpg, LAROM MLRS on DAC 26410 chassis
See also
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LAR-160
The LAR-160 is a light artillery rocket (hence ''LAR'') with a 160mm calibre, a minimum range of 12 km and a maximum range of 45 km, from a multiple rocket launcher. Each standard launcher holds two 13 rocket Launch Pod Containers (LPC's ...
*
BM-21
The BM-21 "Grad" (russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit= hail) is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system and the M-21OF rocket were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first comba ...
;
*
RM-70
The RM-70 (''Raketomet vzor 1970'') multiple rocket launcher is a Czechoslovak Army version and heavier variant of the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, providing enhanced performance over its parent area-saturation rocket artillery system tha ...
;
*
M-77 Oganj
The M-77 Oganj is a 128mm Self-propelled artillery, self-propelled multiple rocket launcher developed in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. NATO designation is the YMRL-32.
Development
Development started in 1968. Pro ...
;
*
T-122
The T-122 Sakarya is a Turkish multiple launch rocket system developed by ROKETSAN.
Overview
As part of the modernization drive undertaken by the Turkish Military in the 1980s and 90s several new rocket systems were developed for the needs ...
External links
LAROM's description on Romanian Ministry of Defense official website
Rocket artillery
Artillery of Romania
Multiple rocket launchers
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