M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System

Also known as MLRS

multiple rocket launcher

Key facts

Type: Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin: United States
In service: 1983–present
Used by: See Operators
Wars: Persian Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Gaza war
Designer: Ling-Temco-Vought
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Diehl BGT Defence Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Aérospatiale - Matra
Unit cost: Domestic cost: , $2.3 million per one launcher (FY 1990), $4.9 million (in 2024) per one launcher, $168,000 per one M31 GMLRS (FY 2023) , Export cost: , $434,000 per one M31ER GMLRS (FY 2022)
Produced: 1980–present
Variants: M270, M270A1, M270A2, MARS II , LRU, MLRS-I
Mass: 52,990 lb (24,040 kg) (combat loaded w/ 12 rockets)
Length: 274.5 in (6.97 m)
Width: 117 in (3.0 m)
Height: 102 in (2.59 m) (launcher stowed)
Caliber: 8.9 in (227 mm)
Effective firing range: M26 : 20 mi (32 km) M26A1/A2: 28 mi (45 km) M30/31: 57 mi (92 km)
Maximum firing range: ATACMS : 103 or 186 mi (165 or 300 km)
Armor: 5083 aluminum hull, 7039 aluminum cab

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Mass: 25191
Image: M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System South Dakota ANG.jpg

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Commons category: M270 MLRS
service entry: 1983-03-31
Commons gallery: Multiple Launch Rocket System
effective firing range: 42000
caliber: 227

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The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American armored self-propelled multiple launch rocket system.

The US Army variant of the M270 is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s were delivered in 1983, and were adopted by several NATO and non-NATO militaries. The platform first saw combat with the United States in the 1991 Gulf War. It has received multiple improvements since its inception, including the ability to fire guided missiles. M270s have been used by Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.