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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: ==Parent topics== {{r|Artillery}} {{r|United States Army}} ==Subtopics== {{r|M26 (rocket)}} {{r|M30 (rocket)}} {{r|XM31 (rocket)}} {{r|MGM-140 ATACMS}} ==Related articles== {{r|Advanced Fi...) |
imported>Meg Taylor m (moved M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System/Related Pages to M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System/Related Articles: move to correct name title) |
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Revision as of 21:15, 22 September 2013
Parent topics
- Artillery [r]: Large-calibre guns used in land-based warfare; also the term for an armed forces branch trained in its use. [e]
- United States Army [r]: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
Subtopics
- M26 (rocket) [r]: A series of long-range (20mi/32 km-28mi/45km) unguided rockets fired by the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, carrying 518 to 644 cluster submunitions; retired due to an excessive number of submunitions failing to detonate and becoming effective minefields [e]
- M30 (rocket) [r]: An aerodynamically steered, rocket-propelled surface-to-surface missile, carrying cluster submunitions, fired by the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System at greater ranges than the M109 howitzer [e]
- XM31 (rocket) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MGM-140 ATACMS [r]: A short- to medium-range ballistic missile, developed by the U.S. Army to engage high-value ground targets beyond the range of cannon, yet under the direct control of ground forces commanders; fired by the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System [e]
Related articles
- Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cluster munition [r]: A military weapon, fired or dropped from another weapon, that releases smaller submunitions that cause the actual destructive effect [e]
- Cluster submunition [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Unitary warhead [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Unguided rocket [r]: A form of artillery weapon that uses a rocket motor to propel a warhead at a target, using no guidance once launched [e]
- Surface-to-surface missile [r]: A guided missile launched from the land or water surface of the Earth, aimed at a surface target [e]
- Operation DESERT STORM [r]: Add brief definition or description