Jobaria Defense Systems Multiple Cradle Launcher
| Multiple Cradle Launcher | |
|---|---|
| Type | Rocket artillery |
| Place of origin |
 Turkey /  UAE[1] |
| Service history | |
| Used by | United Arab Emirates |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Roketsan[2] |
| Manufacturer | Roketsan / Jobaria[3] |
| Specifications | |
| Crew | 3 |
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| |
| Barrels | 240 |
| Rate of fire | 2 rounds/sec |
| Effective firing range | 16 km |
| Maximum firing range | 37 km |
Multiple Cradle Launcher is designed and developed by Roketsan in order to meet the requests of UAE. The initial models were produced in Turkey. Later the production process continued in UAE. It is the newest rocket artillery in the UAE army. It has 240 tubes making it the world's largest rocket artillery by tube count. It is thought to replace the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher.
Description
The United Arab Emirates Army made a request for a rocket artillery battery to be mounted on one vehicle, since the army is using six vehicles,[4] most likely BM-21 Grad, to do the same. The Multiple Cradle Launcher has an advantage over the use of six vehicles which require a team of 30 men, whereas the Multiple Cradle Launcher only needs a team of three to operate and launching the same number of rockets (240). It has four rocket launchers attached to the trailer each carrying sixty 122mm rockets. The system fires Roketsan 122mm TR- 122 rockets fitted with a high-explosive warhead that can be detonated by using either a point detonating fuze or by a proximity fuze.[5] The operator of the system can choose how many and which pods he fires. All rockets can be fired in under two minutes, making the rate of fire 2 rounds per second.
After launching the rockets the system can relocate and continue firing rockets if it had not launched its entire payload or if it had, then be rearmed by a support vehicle in about 30 minutes. The support vehicle has two cranes each reloading two pods of the system.
Variants
Roketsan also developed a Rocket Launcher, which fires both 107mm and 122mm rockets from the same Launcher, making it a Multi-Calibre, Multiple Rocket Launcher.
Operators
See also
- T-300 Kasırga
- Katyusha, BM-13, BM-8, and BM-31 multiple rocket launchers of World War II
- BM-14 140 mm multiple rocket launcher
- BM-27 Uragan 220 mm multiple rocket launcher
- BM-30 Smerch 300 mm multiple rocket launcher
- ASTROS II
References
- ↑ http://www.jobaria.ae/products/jds-mcl-122300.aspx
- ↑ http://theasiandefence.blogspot.com/2009/02/roketsan-t-300-kasirga-hurricane.html
- ↑ http://theasiandefence.blogspot.com/2009/02/roketsan-t-300-kasirga-hurricane.html
- ↑ "new Jobaria Defense System MCL Multiple Cradle 107/122mm Rocket Launcher at IDEX 2013".
- ↑ "Massive Rocket Launcher for the UAE".