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LAR-160


Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Vehicle


Israel | 1983



"The LAR-160 has become a successful, cost-effective Israeli-made MLRS weapon system fitted atop various carriers including the French AMX-13 Light Tank."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one land system design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the LAR-160 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Vehicle.
AMX-13 chassis: 1 x 8-cylinder water-cooled gasoline engine developing 250 horsepower.
Installed Power
34 mph
55 kph
Road Speed
217 miles
350 km
Range
Structure
The physical qualities of the LAR-160 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Vehicle.
6
(MANNED)
Crew
16.0 ft
4.88 meters
O/A Length
8.2 ft
2.5 meters
O/A Width
9.8 ft
3 meters
O/A Height
26,015 lb
11,800 kg | 13.0 tons
Weight
Armament & Ammunition
Available supported armament, ammunition, and special-mission equipment featured in the design of the LAR-160 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Vehicle.
26 x 160mm Rockets (2 x 13-shot rocket packs)

ALTERNATIVE:
36 x 160mm Rockets (2 x 18-shot rocket packs)
AMMUNITION:
26 x 160mm Rockets; reloads dependent upon ammunition carrier(s).
Variants
Notable series variants as part of the LAR-160 family line.
LAR-160 - Base Series Designation; 13- and 18-shot rocket packs available.
TAM VCLC - Argentine platform
LAROM - Romanian local development
LAR-160 AMX - Venezuelan model mating LAR-160 system with French AMX-13 Light Tank chassis.
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The rocket-projecting vehicle has been a mainstay of fighting land forces for decades. Its value was keenly realized by the Soviets in World War 2 (1939-1945) during their march on Berlin and many national armies today retain stocks of such vehicle types in modernized forms. The systems are capable of delivering various warheads (including chemical and submunitions) by way of rockets from positions behind the front lines - resulting in a cost-effective, yet highly useful, battlefield measure.

In the late 1970s, Israel Military Industries (IMI) began work on a new rocket-launching pack that became known as the "LAR-160". The pack seated thirteen 3.4-meter-long rockets of 160mm caliber in a hardened case. The case could then be paired with another (for a total of 26 rockets) and coupled to a traversing mechanism offering tactical flexibility and vehicular mobility. The launchers featured a quick set-up functionality that allowed them to be arranged ready-to0fire in short order, the tubes cleared of rockets within sixty seconds. Reloading could be done in five minutes. Range of the rockets is out to 45 kilometers.

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The original rocket was the "Mark I" and this weapon weighed 100 kilograms while sporting a 40 kilogram HE-COFRAM warhead (detonated either by impact or proximity fuze). Following this mark arrived the "Mark II" which introduced a 46 kilogram warhead tied to a 110 kilogram overall weight. The warhead could be variable, fitting the original HE-COFRAM or submunitions - the latter dispensing above the target area for an area saturation effect - very useful against concentrations of enemy infantry. The Mark IV is a further, modern rocket development for the LAR-160 system.

Beyond its acceptance into the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), the LAR-160 was eventually purchased by the forces of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Chile. Argentina has used the LAR-160 system through its TAM "VCLC" vehicle and Romania has developed a local variant (with Israeli assistance) as the "LAROM". Venezuelan forms are seen utilizing the French AMX-13 tank chassis.

LAR-160 systems are known to have seen combat actions (with Georgian forces) in the 2008 South Ossetia War between Georgia and Russia.

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Operators
Global customers who have evaluated and/or operated the LAR-160. Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national land systems listing.

Total Production: 185 Units

Contractor(s): Israel Military Industries (IMI) - Israel
National flag of Argentina National flag of Azerbaijan National flag of Chile National flag of Georgia National flag of Israel National flag of Kazakhstan National flag of Romania National flag of Venezuela

[ Argentina; Azerbaijan; Chile; Georgia; Israel; Kazakhstan; Romania; Venezuela ]
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