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The NATO alliance clearly has a big conventional military advantage against Russia. Here is
some of the best weapons the alliance would use if war did ever break out: Rocket artillery
is one of the most destructive weapons on the modern battlefield. Designed to pump out
a high volume of fire within a short period, rocket artillery systems are particularly
dangerous in their ability to obliterate a position before units have a chance to take
cover. This capability, while less relevant in Western
counterinsurgency doctrine, has proven useful in recent conflicts in Ukraine and Syria.
However, most rocket artillery systems used in those conflicts are Russian or Soviet.
What does NATO have to compare? Here are what could be considered the best
rocket artillery systems NATO has to offer: 1. M270 MLRS
In the 1980s, the United States developed the M270 MLRS, the most common rocket artillery
system in NATO. It is fielded by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany,
Greece, Italy and Turkey. It shoots 227 Millimetre rockets, twelve of
which are held in two six rocket pods. During the Cold War, the standard rocket was the
M26 cluster rocket, which held 644 dual purpose submunitions. Nowadays, due to treaties on
cluster munitions, a new rocket with a unitary high explosive warhead is being fielded.
The system is designed to be quickly reloaded via swapping the pods. The MLRS is also designed
to fire the Atacms tactical guided missile, which can be set in place of one rocket pod.
2. M142 HIMARS The HIMARS in some ways can be considered
the MLRS’ smaller cousin. Featuring more modern fire control (which is being retrofitted
to the M270 in the M270A1 variant) the HIMARS only can mount one six rocket pod
to the MLRS’ two. The system is significantly more strategically
mobile compared to the M270, as it is C130 transportable. It is also cheaper to maintain
than the M270 since it is mounted on a truck chassis. However, this limits its tactical
mobility. The system has seen recent interest with NATO
nations, with Poland buying twenty launchers in late 2018. Romania also bought the HIMARS
in early 2018. 3. RM70
Although designed for Warsaw Pact countries during the Cold War, RM70 launchers continue
to serve in NATO arsenals in Central Europe. Based on the proven Tatra truck chassis, RM70
launchers can even serve as a budget alternative to the HIMARS, as Slovak companies have offered
to convert RM70s to be able to mount a NATO standard 6 round 227 Millimetre rocket pack.
However, even with the original 122 Millimetre rockets (the same as on the Soviet BM21 Grad),
the RM70 is a formidable launcher. Unlike the Grad, the long 8by8 truck chassis
allows for the carriage of a single full 40 rocket reload in front of the launcher.
4. LAROM In addition to the HIMARS, Romania also fields
a lighter Grad alike rocket system. The LAROM is a version of Israel’s L A R 160 rocket
launcher mounted on a simple truck chassis. The ability to use Israeli 160 Millimetre
rockets provides a significant increase of capability over a regular Grad launcher.
The Israeli rockets have cluster munition warheads and are mounted on pods to allow
for fast reloading in the field. In contrast, a regular Grad launcher like those found on
the BM21 or RM70 has to be loaded tube by tube by a crew. However, a podded reload requires
a crane on an ammunition support vehicle. The LAROM can use both a standard Grad array
as well as Israeli pods depending on its configuration. 5. T300 Kasirga
The Turkish T300 Kasirga is perhaps the only NATO rocket artillery system that could truly
be considered a heavy system like the Russian/Soviet BM30 Smerch.
Firing massive 300 Millimetre rockets, the T300 is one of the longest ranged rocket artillery
systems in the NATO arsenal, with the rockets capable of reaching out to 100 killometer.
This is significantly longer than the 70 killometer that the M270 can reach with M30/M31 GMLRS
rockets, although rockets in development may extend the M270’s range out to 150 killometer.
The T300 also has one of the largest warheads of an artillery rocket in NATO inventory.
The M31 has a unitary warhead weight of 90 kilogram. This is far less than the T300’s
150 kilogram warhead or the Smerch’s massive 243 killogram.
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