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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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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- multiple rocket launcher
- Country of origin
- United States
- Mass
- 25191
- Manufacturer
- Diehl Defence
- Designed by
- Vought
- 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
- different from
- LRU
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