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M142 HIMARS
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light multiple rocket launcher
Key facts
- Type
- Multiple rocket launcher Tactical ballistic missile
- Place of origin
- United States
- In service
- 2005–present
- Used by
- See Operators
- Wars
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine 2026 Iran war
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
- Unit cost
- Domestic cost: , $3.5 million per one launcher+carrier (FY 2014); $4,901,857 per one launcher (FY 2024), $168,000 per one M31 GMLRS (FY 2023) , Export cost: , $19–20 million per one launcher+carrier (FY 2022); $434,000 per one M31ER GMLRS (FY 2022)
- Produced
- April 2003 - 2013 Since 2017
- Number span no built
- 750 , (as of November 2025)
- Mass
- 13.5 t (29,800 lb) ( GVW ) 16.25 t (35,800 lb) (combat weight)
- Length
- 6.94 m (22 ft 9 in)
- Width
- 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
- Height
- 3.18 m (10 ft 5 in)
- Crew
- 3 (commander, second in command, driver)
- Traverse
- 360°
- Main armament
- 6 × MLRS or 2 x PrSM or 1 × MGM-140 ATACMS
- Engine
- Caterpillar 3116 ATAAC , 6.6-litre diesel, 330 hp (246 kW)
- Power weight
- 20.31 hp/t (15.1 kW/t) (combat weight)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- rocket artillery
- Country of origin
- United States
- Mass
- 11000
- Manufacturer
- BAE Systems
- Designed by
- Lockheed Martin
- Image
- HIMARS - missile launched.jpg
- Height
- 3200
- Width
- 2400
- Length
- 7000
- Speed
- 85
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- nickname
- Химера
- Commons category
- High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
- inception
- 1996-00-00
- price
- 5325700
- total produced
- 500
- ammunition
- Precision Strike Missile
- production rate
- 72
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