The LAROM is a
Romanian native-made, highly mobile,
multiple rocket launcher, attached to a
DAC-25.360 6x6 truck, in service with the
Romanian Land Forces, built in collaboration with
Israel. Currently there are 54 systems in service, all operated by the
8th Mixed Artillery Brigade
The 8th Tactical Operational Missile Brigade (''Brigada 8 Rachete Operativ Tactice "Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''), former ''8th LAROM Brigade'', is a Multiple Rocket Launcher brigade of the Romanian Land Forces. It was formed 1 July 1916 as the 2nd H ...
. Most likely it was influenced by the
BM-21 Grad 122 mm multiple rocket launcher (MRL) system which entered service with the
Soviet Army in 1963 also utilizing a six-by-six truck chassis fitted with a bank of 40 122mm launch tubes arranged in a rectangular shape that can be turned away from the unprotected
cabin
Cabin may refer to:
Buildings
* Beach cabin, a small wooden hut on a beach
* Log cabin, a house built from logs
* Cottage, a small house
* Chalet, a wooden mountain house with a sloping roof
* Cabin, small free-standing structures that serve as in ...
.
Armament
The ''LAROM'' standard launch pod containers hold 13 LAR Mk IV rockets or 20 GRAD rockets, with two pods on a launcher.
The LAROM can operate with the standard 122 mm rockets, as well as with the more advanced 160 mm rocket, with a strike range between 20 and 45 km. The GRAD 122 mm rocket is utilised to suppress and annihilate concentrated targets. It has an 18 kg high-explosive warhead, a range of approximately 20 km and can be fired in salvos of up to 2 rounds per second.
The
LAR-160 160mm rockets employ composite
solid propellants. The rocket is
spin-stabilizing in flight via wraparound stabilizing fins deployed upon rocket exiting launcher. The Mk IV rocket is capable of taking various
warheads and commonly fitted with either a HE-COFRAM type or a
Cluster munition
A cluster munition is a form of air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions. Commonly, this is a cluster bomb that ejects explosive bomblets that are designed to kill personnel and destroy vehicl ...
warhead. The cluster warhead operates by a remotely set electronic time-fuse which opens the bomblet canister at the calculated height to give area coverage of about 31,400 m
2 for each cluster warhead. The LAR Mk IV has a minimum range of 10 km and maximum range of 45 km and can be fired in salvos of up to 1 round every 1.8 seconds.
Gallery
Image:LAROM MRL during the Romanian National Day military parade 2.jpeg, LAROM MLRS on DAC-665 chassis
File:LAROM_-_DAC_26410_-_01.jpg, LAROM MLRS on DAC 26410 chassis
File:LAROM_-_DAC_26410_-_02.jpg, LAROM MLRS on DAC 26410 chassis
File:LAROM_-_DAC_26410_-_03.jpg, LAROM MLRS on DAC 26410 chassis
File:LAROM_-_DAC_26410_-_04.jpg, LAROM MLRS on DAC 26410 chassis
See also
*
LAR-160
*
BM-21;
*
RM-70;
*
M-77 Oganj;
*
T-122
External links
LAROM's description on Romanian Ministry of Defense official website
Rocket artillery
Artillery of Romania
Multiple rocket launchers
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