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Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)

BACKGROUND

MLRS are deployed as a battery of nine launchers and will be given a battery maneuver area (BMA), within which are allocated three troop maneuver areas (TMA). These TMAs will contain close hides, survey points and reload points for the batteries. In a typical engagement, a single launcher will be given its fire mission orders using burst data transmission. The MLRS will remain within its hide until it is neccesary to fire when it will emerge no more than 100 metres. The launcher is then elevated and fired, taking only a few minutes in total. As soon as is feasible after firing the MLRS will make its way to a reload point, where it will unload the empty rocket pods and pick up a full one. This procedure can be completed in under five minutes. It will then make its way to a new TMA.

Additional ammunition for the MLRS is carried on the DROPS vehicle which is a Medium Mobility Load Carrier. Each DROPS vehicle with a trailer can carry 8 x Rocket Pod Containers and the Royal Artillery has 15 DROPS vehicles supporting the 9 x M270 Launcher vehicles within each MLRS battery. The British Army has a total of 63 MLRS systems.

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type: Mobile Rocket Artillery Launcher
Crew: Pilot, Gunner & Commander
Passengers: 0

MDC BY LOCATION: 

(1) Cockpit                                     120
(2) Rocket Pod                                  200
(3) Tracks (2)                                   65 each
    Headlights (2)                                2 each

NOTES:

(1) Destruction of the cockpit will shut the unit down completely.
(2) If the Rocket Pod is destroyed then all of the weapons will be destroyed as well. There is a high probability that the missiles inside will also explode.
(3) Destruction of the tracks will immobilise the vehicle.

SPEEDS:

GROUND MOVEMENT:
40 mph (64 kph)

STATISTICAL DATA:

HEIGHT:
2.57 metres (Stowed,) 5.92 metres (Max elevation)
WIDTH:
2.97 metres
LENGTH:
7.16 metres
WEIGHT:
24 tons
OPERATIONAL RANGE:
300 miles (480 km)
CARGO:
Cargo space available in addition to crew and troops capable of holding small amounts of cargo.
POWER PLANT:
Cummings VTA-903 turbo-charged 8 cylinder diesel developing 500bhp at 2,300rpm

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

1. 227MM M270 ROCKET LAUNCHER: The basic MLRS rocket warhead contains 644 M77 bomblets, with a 'Fire for Effect' salvo of 12 an area of 500m by 500m can be saturated with 7728 bomblets annihilating everything within the area. Such devastating firepower is commonly used against large groups of enemy troops and vehicles. The dual-purpose bomblets are armed during freefall and a drag ribbon orients the bomblets for impact.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THE MLRS:

REFERENCES
  • Palladium Books Game Engine and MDC Rules
  • "Doe's All The Worlds' Mecha Guide: British Army MLRS Entry"
  • Army Technology Website

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