Engineering:M26 artillery rocket
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Short description: American cluster bomb-dispensing rocket
M26 is the basic M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System rocket. It is unguided with a range of 20 mi (32 km). It is armed with 644 M77 DPICM (Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions) anti-personnel/anti-materiel grenades, which are dispersed over the target in mid-air and detonate on impact.
There is a newer, guided DPICM-armed MLRS rocket called the M30.
The UK Ministry of Defence has recently announced it will cease to use dumb cluster munitions and will destroy its remaining stocks of the M30.[1] The British Army will instead procure the M31 variant which has a unitary high-explosive warhead.[2]
| Name | Weight | Range (max) | Guidance | Warhead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M26 | 306 kg (675 lb) | 32 km (20 mi) | 644 M77 DPICM submunitions | |
| M26A1/A2 | 296 kg (650 lb) | over 45 km (28 mi) | M26A1: 518 M85 DPICM submunitions M26A2: 518 M77 DPICM submunitions |
See also
- List of U.S. Army Rocket Launchers by model number
- Multiple rocket launcher
References
External links
- Information about M26/M30 on designation-systems.net
- Human Rights Watch "Cluster Munition Questions and Answers: The M26 Rocket"
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