Exp Indirect Fire Gen Supt Wpn Sys
Abstract
High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) is a C-130 transportable, wheeled, indirect fire, rocket/missile system capable of firing all rockets and missiles in the current and future Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Family of Munitions (MFOM). The system includes one launcher, two Re-Supply Systems, and the MFOM. HIMARS will provide the Fleet Marine Force with 24 hour ground-based, responsive General Support/General Support Reinforcing (GS/GSR) indirect fires which accurately engage targets at long range (60+km) with high volumes of lethal fire under all weather conditions throughout all phases of combat operations ashore to include irregular warfare and distributed operations. HIMARS is a significant improvement over currently fielded ground fire support systems. During a 24 hour period, the system will be expected to conduct multiple moves and multiple fire missions. Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) is the primary munition for units fielded with the HIMARS and MLRS rocket and missle platforms. GMLRS provides close, medium, and long range precision and area fires to destroy, suppress, and shape threat forces and protect friendly forces against cannon, mortar, rocket and missle artillery, light material and armor, personnel, command and control, and air defense surface targets. GMLRS integrates guided and control packages and an improved rocket motor achieving greater range and precision accuracy, requiring fewer rockets to defeat targets, thereby reducing the logistics burden. The two fielded variance are GMLRS with Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM/Increment 1) and GMLRS Unitary (U/Increment 2), a 200 pound class high explosive warhead. The GMLRS U is the only variant currently in production, integrating a multi-mode fuse and high explosive warhead making it an all weather, low collateral damage, precision strike rocket. GMLRS U expands the MLRS target set into urban and complex environments by adding point, proximity, and delay fusing modes. GMLRS U are being fired in support of Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), and has demonstrated high effectiveness and low collateral damage while supporting Marines in combat. A third variant of GMLRS, the alternative warhead (AW/Increment 3) is being developed to replace DPICM and meet the requirements outlined in a 25 June 2008 cluster munitions policy, which requires all cluster munitions by 2019 to produce less than 1% Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) on the battlefield. HIMARS will satisfy the Marine Corps requirement for an indirect fire system that is responsive, maneuverable, and is capable of engaging targets at long range. The Reduced Range Practice Rocket (RRPR) includes training devices for tactical training, classroom training and handling exercises.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 2928_0206623M_7_1319_PB_2013
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