Fajr-5
Sign in to saveThe Fajr-5 (rarely Fadjr-5, , "Dawn") is an Iranian 333 mm long-range multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). The Fajr-5 was developed during the 1990s and has since been exported to various armed actors in the Middle East.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Fajr-5
- Weapon.image
- Iranian Fajr-5 Rocket by tasnimnews.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.origin
- Iran
- Weapon.type
- Rocket artillery
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_artillery
- yes
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.wars
- Gaza–Israel conflictSyrian Civil War
- Weapon.number
- Roughly 100 systems
- Weapon.weight
- 15,000 kg (launcher, empty) 90 kg (HE content) 175 kg (warhead) 915 kg (rocket)
- Weapon.length
- 10.00 m (launcher)6.485 m (rocket)
- Weapon.width
- 2.5 m (launcher)
- Weapon.height
- 3.34 m (launcher)
- Weapon.caliber
- 333 mm
- Weapon.rate
- 4–8 seconds
- Weapon.speed
- 1,100 m/s (max)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Design
- MLRS
- Rocket
- Basic rocket
- Two-stage rocket
- Fajr-5C
- GR110/GF5LR1
- Reloading
- History
- Operational history
- Iran
- Lebanon
- Palestinian territories
- Pillar of Defense
- Syria
- Iraq
- Yemen
- Operators
- Current
- Non-state operators
- Former
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Fajr-5 (rarely Fadjr-5, , "Dawn") is an Iranian 333 mm long-range multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). The Fajr-5 was developed during the 1990s and has since been exported to various armed actors in the Middle East.
The Fajr-5 launcher fires four 6.48 meter long, 333 millimeter-calibre Fajr-5 artillery rockets, with a range of 75 kilometers (50 mi), weighing 915 kilograms each and carrying 175-kg fragmentation warheads with 90 kg of high explosive (HE). Most Fajr-5 rockets are unguided; in 2017 Iran introduced a variant, the Fajr-5C, which adds GPS guidance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fajr-5” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.