"Sea horse" in transportation
In the recent Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the United States to assist Ukraine's "Haimas" repeated attacks, resulting in serious losses for the Russian army, airports, ammunition depots, important transportation hubs, military bases, have been attacked by the Ukrainian army, the wind fight has greatly overpowered the Russian army "Iskander" trend, as an important fire support weapon of the US Army, today let's take a look at this obvious product.
Hippocampus
M142 SELF-Propelled Rocket System (English: M142 HIMARS Multiple launch rocket system, Chinese codename: Haimas), is a type of wheeled 6-tube self-propelled rocket launcher developed and equipped by the United States, using a wheeled car chassis, its ordinary rocket range of 42 kilometers, the range extended type can reach 70 kilometers, and the newly developed Army Tactical Missile (ATACM) has a range of up to 300 kilometers.
ATACMS
M270
As early as the "Gulf War" in 1991, the multinational force led by the US military was equipped with 183 M270 rockets, during which more than 19,600 rockets were fired cumulatively, which effectively strengthened the density of firepower strikes, especially its characteristics of high strike accuracy, large killing range, and strong continuous combat capability.
"Hippos" – Slimming and upgraded M270
After the Gulf War, under the guidance of the new operational theory, the US military continued to strengthen military reform and began to build a "highly mobile light combat unit.", which is characterized by the universal use of a highly mobile, generalized, and lightweight chassis, which is convenient for rapid airlift by transport aircraft. In this context, "Haimas" came into being, through the M270 rocket fire unit installed on a 5-ton class 6-wheel truck, to achieve the lightness of the rocket, this lightweight M270 rocket is called M142 high-mobility rocket system (Multiple launch rocket system), referred to as HIMARS, the domestic transliteration has become the "Haimas" system.
To date, the U.S. Army has ordered 89 HIMARS launchers and the Marine Corps has ordered 6. If the system goes into mass production, in the next 15 years, the Army could order 888 units and the Marine Corps order 40 units.