Offense platform · USA
MGM-140 ATACMS M39A1
Model: MGM-140
The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System is a short-range supersonic tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the American defense company Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), and later, through acquisitions, Lockheed Martin. The missile uses solid propellant and is 13 feet (4.0 m) long and 24 inches (610 mm) in diameter, and the longest-range variants can fly up to 190 miles (300 km). It can be fired from the tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and the wheeled M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). An ATACMS launch container (pod) has one rocket but a lid patterned with six circles like a standard MLRS rocket lid to prevent an enemy from discerning what type of missile is loaded. Speed: 1500.00 m/s (5400.00 km/h, ~Mach 4.37). Range: 300.00 km. Blast radius: 110.00 m. Estimated unit cost: $1,800,000.
Configured simulation parameters
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- Munition
- M39A1 ATACMS
- Ammunition type
- missile
- Target class
- ballistic missile
- Range
- 300,000 m
- Speed
- 1,500 m/s
- Mass
- 1,670 kg
- Unit cost
- 1,800,000 USD
Sources and interpretation
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