Editing M142 HIMARS (section)

=== MLRS ===
MLRS is a series of 227 mm rockets.

''See section {{section link|M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System|MLRS|nopage=y}} in main article [[M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System]] for more details on the M26''
*'''M26''' rockets carrying 644 [[DPICM]] M77 submunitions. Range: {{Convert|15–32|km|sp=us|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Marine Corps Gazette"/>
* '''M26A1 ER''' rockets carrying 518 M85 submunitions. Range: {{Convert|15–45|km|sp=us|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Marine Corps Gazette"/>
* '''M26A2 ER''' rockets carrying 518 M77 submunitions. Range: {{Convert|15–45|km|sp=us|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Marine Corps Gazette"/>
* '''AT2''' German M26 variant carrying 28 AT2 anti-tank mines. Range: {{Convert|15–38|km|sp=us|abbr=on}}
* '''[[GLSDB]]''' - Swedish M26 rocket based flying bomb carrying [[GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb|SDB]].<ref name="Selinger 2022">{{cite web |last=Selinger |first=Marc |date=2022-11-01 |title=Saab expects first contract soon for new GLSDB artillery weapon |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/saab-expects-first-contract-soon-for-new-glsdb-artillery-weapon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924212018/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/saab-expects-first-contract-soon-for-new-glsdb-artillery-weapon |archive-date=2023-09-24 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Janes.com}}</ref>

The M28 rockets are a variant of the unguided M26 rockets of the M270 system.<ref name="Marine Corps Gazette">{{cite journal |last1=Russo |first1=Joe |title=Long-Range Precision Fires |journal=Marine Corps Gazette |date=May 2018 |page=40 |url=https://mca-marines.org/wp-content/uploads/0518-Long-Range-Precision-Fires.pdf |access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref> Each rocket pod contains 6 identical rockets.

* '''M28''' practice rockets. An M26 variant with three ballast containers and three smoke-marking containers in place of the submunition payload.
* '''M28A1''' Reduced-Range Practice Rocket (RRPR) with blunt nose. Range reduced to {{cvt|9|km}}.
* '''M28A2''' Low-Cost Reduced-Range Practice Rocket (LCRRPR) with blunt nose. Range reduced to {{cvt|9|km}}.

==== GMLRS ====
Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) 227 mm rockets have an extended range and add [[GPS]]-aided guidance to their [[Inertial Navigation System]]. GMLRS rockets were introduced in 2005 and the M30 and M31 rockets are, except for their warheads, identical.<ref name="Turner">{{cite web |last1=Turner |first1=Paul E. |title=Precision Fires Rocket and Missile Systems |url=https://ndiastorage.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/ndia/2016/armament/Turner.pdf |date=27 April 2016 |publisher=U.S. Army Precision Fires Rocket & Missile Systems Project Office |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref> {{As of|2021|12|1}} 50,000 GMLRS rockets have been produced,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lindstrom |first1=Kinsey |date=12 January 2021 |title=Army celebrates production of 50,000th GMLRS rocket and its continued evolution |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/386831/army-celebrates-production-50000th-gmlrs-rocket-and-its-continued-evolution |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404182014/https://www.dvidshub.net/news/386831/army-celebrates-production-50000th-gmlrs-rocket-and-its-continued-evolution |archive-date=4 April 2023 |access-date=23 June 2022 |publisher=Program Executive Office Missiles and Space}}</ref> with yearly production now exceeding 9,000 rockets. Each rocket pod contains 6 identical rockets. Both Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army report that the GMLRS has a maximum range of 70+ km (43+ mi).<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.army.mil/e2/downloads/rv7/2020-2021_Weapon_Systems_Handbook.pdf#page=196 |title = Weapons Systems Handbook 2020-2021 |publisher = U.S. Army|access-date = 7 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="Lockheed Martin 2023">{{cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=GMLRS: The Precision Fires Go-To Round |url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/guided-mlrs-unitary-rocket.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218200921/https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/guided-mlrs-unitary-rocket.html |archive-date=2023-12-18 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Lockheed Martin}}</ref>  According to a U.S. Department of Defense document the maximum demonstrated performance of a GMLRS is {{cvt|84|km}},<ref>{{cite web |title=Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System/Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Alternative Warhead (GMLRS/GMLRS AW) |url=https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/Selected_Acquisition_Reports/FY_2019_SARS/20-F-0568_DOC_34_GMLRSGMLRS_AW_SAR_Dec_2019_Full.pdf#page=15 |publisher=Defense Acquisition Management Information Retrieval |access-date=23 June 2022 |page=15}}</ref> a figure also reported elsewhere.<ref name="Marine Corps Gazette"/><ref name="Turner"/> Another source reports a maximum range of about {{cvt|90|km}}.<ref name="Global Defense Corp 2022">{{cite web |date=2022-09-26 |title=Ukrainian Army Showcases New 90KM Range M31A1 GMLRS Projectile For HIMARS |url=https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2022/09/27/ukrainian-army-showcases-new-90km-range-m31a1-gmlrs-projectile-for-himars/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508174508/https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2022/09/27/ukrainian-army-showcases-new-90km-range-m31a1-gmlrs-projectile-for-himars/ |archive-date=2023-05-08 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Global Defense Corp}}</ref> In 2009 Lockheed Martin announced that a GMLRS had been successfully test fired {{cvt|92|km}}.<ref name=q3>{{Cite web |work = Army technology |url= https://www.army-technology.com/news/news69339-html/ |title=Lockheed Tests Improved GMLRS Rocket |date=8 November 2009}}</ref>

* '''M30''' rockets carrying 404 DPICM M101 submunitions. Range: {{cvt|15–92|km}}. 3,936 produced between 2004 and 2009, production ceased in favor of the M30A1.<ref name="Turner"/> The remaining M30 rockets are being updated with either the M30A1 or M31A1 warhead.<ref name="Marine Corps Gazette"/>
* '''M30A1''' rockets with Alternative Warhead (AW). Range: {{cvt|15–92|km}}. GMLRS rocket that replaces the M30's submunitions with approximately 182,000 pre-formed tungsten fragments for area effects without unexploded ordnance.<ref>{{cite web |title=FY 2015 Annual Report: Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System – Alternate Warhead (GMLRS-AW) M30E1 |url= https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2015/army/2015gmlrs.pdf?ver=2019-08-22-105949-840 |date=January 2016 |publisher=The Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref> Entered production in 2015.<ref name="Turner"/><ref name="Marine Corps Gazette"/> This warhead is superior not just because it does not use [[cluster munition]]s but is also superior to a normal high explosive round: "A high explosive round is very impressive because it produces a big bomb and large pieces of shrapnel, but this round is small pellets and covers a much larger area."<ref>{{cite web |title=The new M30A1 GMLRS Alternate Warhead to replace cluster bombs for US Army Central 71601171 |url= https://www.armyrecognition.com/weapons_defence_industry_military_technology_uk/the_new_m30a1_gmlrs_alternate_warhead_to_replace_cluster_bombs_for_us_army_central_71601171.html |date=16 January 2017 |website=armyrecognition.com |access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref> The M30A1 uses a proximity sensor fuze mode with a 10 meter burst height.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Federal Register, Vol. 84, No. 25 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-06/pdf/2019-01229.pdf |access-date=2024-05-01 |website= federalregister.gov}}</ref>
* '''M30A2''' rockets with Alternative Warhead (AW). Range: {{cvt|15–92|km}}. Improved M30A1 with Insensitive Munition Propulsion System (IMPS). Only M30 variant in production since 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System/Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Alternative Warhead (GMLRS/GMLRS AW) |url=https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/Selected_Acquisition_Reports/FY_2019_SARS/20-F-0568_DOC_34_GMLRSGMLRS_AW_SAR_Dec_2019_Full.pdf |publisher=Defense Acquisition Management Information Retrieval |access-date=23 June 2022 |page=7}}</ref>
* '''M31''' rockets with {{cvt|200|lb|kg}} high-explosive unitary warhead. Range: {{cvt|15–92|km}}. Entered production in 2005. The warhead is produced by [[General Dynamics]] and contains {{convert|51|lb|kg}} of [[Polymer-bonded explosive|PBX-109]] high explosive in a steel blast-fragmentation case.<ref>{{cite web |title=GMLRS Unitary Warhead |url=https://www.gd-ots.com/missiles-and-rockets/warheads-and-payloads/gmlrs/ |publisher=General Dynamics |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
* '''M31A1''' rockets with {{cvt|200|lb|kg}} high-explosive unitary warhead. Range: {{cvt|15–92|km}}. Improved M31 with new multi-mode fuze that added airburst to the M31's fuze point detonation and delay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weapon System Handbook |url=https://www.msl.army.mil/documents/peoweaponsystems.pdf |publisher=Program Executive Office Missiles and Space |access-date=24 June 2022 |pages=111–112 |archive-date=14 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814023104/https://www.msl.army.mil/documents/peoweaponsystems.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''M31A2''' rockets with {{cvt|200|lb|kg}} high-explosive unitary warhead. Range: {{cvt|15–92|km}}. Improved M31A1 with Insensitive Munition Propulsion System (IMPS). Only M31 variant in production since 2019.
* '''ER GMLRS''' rockets with extended range beyond {{cvt|150|km|abbr=on}}.<ref name=q4>{{Cite web |last=Freedberg Jr |first=Sydney J. |date=11 October 2018 |title=Army Building 1,000-Mile Supergun |url=https://breakingdefense.com/2018/10/army-builds-1000-mile-supergun/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015002955/https://breakingdefense.com/2018/10/army-builds-1000-mile-supergun/ |archive-date=15 October 2018 |website=Breaking Defense}}</ref> Rockets use a slightly increased rocket motor size, a newly designed hull, and tail-driven guidance while still containing six per pod. It will come in unitary and AW variants.<ref>{{cite web |last=Judson |first=Jen |date=13 October 2020 |title=Army, Lockheed prep for first extended-range guided rocket test firing |url=https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/ausa/2020/10/13/army-lockheed-prep-for-first-extended-range-guided-rocket-test-firing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201013125923/https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/ausa/2020/10/13/army-lockheed-prep-for-first-extended-range-guided-rocket-test-firing/ |archive-date=13 October 2020 |access-date=24 June 2022 |website=Defense News}}</ref> The first successful test flight of an ER GMLRS occurred in March 2021.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Mission Success: Lockheed Martin's Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Soars In Flight Test |url=https://news.lockheedmartin.com/mission-success-lockheed-martin-extended-range-guided-multiple-launch-rocket-system-soars-flight-test |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004171040/https://news.lockheedmartin.com/mission-success-lockheed-martin-extended-range-guided-multiple-launch-rocket-system-soars-flight-test |archive-date=4 October 2023 |access-date=25 June 2022 |publisher=Lockheed Martin}}</ref> Lockheed Martin anticipates adding the ER to its production line in the fiscal year 2023 contract award, and is planning to produce the new rockets at its [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]] facility. Full operational capability is planned for 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defensenews.com/land/2021/03/30/lockheed-scores-12b-contract-to-build-us-armys-guided-rocket-on-heels-of-extended-range-test/ |title=Lockheed scores $1.1B contract to build US Army's guided rocket on heels of extended-range test |last=Judson |first=Jen |date=30 March 2021 |website=Defense News}}</ref> In 2022 Finland became the first foreign customer to order ER GMLRS.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://defbrief.com/2022/02/12/finland-becomes-first-extended-range-gmlrs-rocket-customer/ |title=Finland becomes first extended range GMLRS rocket customer |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 February 2022 |website=Defense Brief |access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> In November 2022 Lithuania announced that it will obtain GMLRS-ER.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/lithuania-m142-high-mobility-artillery-rocket-system-himars |title=Lithuania – M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) |website= Defense Security Cooperation Agency (dsca.mil)}}</ref> In February 2023, Poland ordered GMLRS-ER AW missiles.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title= Poland – High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) |url=https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/poland-high-mobility-artillery-rocket-system-himars-0 |work= US [[Defense Security Cooperation Agency]] |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=14 February 2023}}</ref>