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LAR-160
Light Artillery Rocket System
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The LAR-160 Light Artillery Rocket System consists of a multiple rocket launcher mounted on mobile platform. It has one or two factory-sealed, expendable launch pod containers (LPCs) with 160 mm diameter rockets, carrying unitized or clustered submunition warheads to ranges up to 45 km. In its standard configuration, each launcher accommodates two 13 rocket LPCs. The system can be adapted to various platforms, tailored to customer requirements: tracked, wheeled or towed chassis. A special version is available with a light launcher which can be tailored for specific transport modes. It can be carried by helicopters and was designed to provide long-range, heavy fire support to light, highly mobile airborne units. This independent system includes a launcher towed by a light vehicle such as a jeep or HMMWV.
GRADLAR is an economical upgrade package for users of the 122mm, or BM-21 GRAD systems. |
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Rocket Ammunition
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The LAR rockets employ composite solid ropellants. Wraparound stabilizing fins deploy when the rocket exits the launcher. The standard launch pod containers hold 13 or 18 rockets each, with two pods on a launcher.
The Mk II rocket can have an HE-COFRAM type or a cluster warhead. A remotely set electronic time fuze opens the canister at the appropriate height to give area coverage of about 31,400 m2 for each cluster warhead. The LAR Mk II has a minimum range of 12 km and maximum range of 35 km. The Mk IV system, using a modified propellant, has a range of 45 km. |
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