Light Artillery Rocket System

Light Artillery Rocket System
Type Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin West Germany
Service history
Used by West Germany
Greece
Portugal[1]
Production history
Produced 1969
Variants LARS II
Specifications
Weight 15,000 kg (33,000 lb)
Length 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Width 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Crew 3
Shell Length: 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in)
Weight: 35 kg (77 lb)
Caliber 110 mm (4.3 in)
Elevation 0° to 55°
Traverse 105°
Rate of fire 36 rounds in 18 seconds
Muzzle velocity 640 m/s (2,100 ft/s)
Maximum firing range 14 km (8.7 mi)
Filling weight 17.3 kg (38 lb)
Armor yes
Main
armament
 36 barrels
Secondary
armament
 One roof mounted Rheinmetall MG 3
Engine 8-cylinder multi-fuel
178 HP at 2,300 rpm
Suspension Wheeled 6x6 chassis
Operational
range
 500 km (310 mi)
Speed 73.6 km/h (45.7 mph)[2]

The Light Artillery Rocket System (or LARS) is a series of West-German vehicle mounted multi-barrel rocket launchers designed for rapid concentration of fire on designated targets. The rockets are of 110 mm caliber. The usual mounting was a lightly armoured Magirus or MAN 6x6 truck.[3] 36 rockets were mounted in two clusters of 18. The weapon entered service in 1969 and was phased out by 1998 and replaced by the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Hogg, Ian (2000). Twentieth-century artillery. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 310. ISBN 0760719942. OCLC 44779672.
  2. ↑ Foss, Christopher (1977). Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. New York: Collier. p. 149. ISBN 0020806000. OCLC 911907988.
  3. ↑ Army recognition LARS 110 SF 1 Système lance roquette multiple sur camion
  4. ↑ 110 mm Light Artillery Rocket System (LARS) rockets - Jane's Ammunition Handbook

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