Astros II MLRS
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ASTROS II (Artillery SaTuration ROcket System) is a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher produced in Brazil by the Avibrás company.
Variants
- SS-30 - fires 127 mm rockets
- SS-40 - fires 180 mm rockets
- SS-60 - fires 300 mm rockets
- SS-80 - fires 300 mm rockets
Specifications
Crew: 3
Weight: 10,000kg
Dimensions: length 7 m; width 2.9 m; height 2.sm
Range in indirect fire mode (first figure is minimum range):
- SS-30: 9-30 km
- SS-40: 15-35 km
- SS-60: 20-60 km
- SS-80: 22-90 km
Armament: one battery of 4, 16 or 32 rocket-launcher tubes
Powerplant: one six-cylinder water cooled diesel engine developing 212hp
Performance: max road speed 65 km/h; fording 1.1 m; vertical obstacle 1 m; trench 2.29 m
Operators
- Bahrain
- Brazil
- Iraq, built a licenced copy of SS-60 called Sajil-60.
- Malaysia on Royal Malaysian Army
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
External links
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