{"id":4121,"date":"2019-07-03T09:03:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T12:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nachodelatorre.com.ar\/mosconi\/?p=4121"},"modified":"2019-07-03T09:03:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T12:03:16","slug":"mas-alcance-para-el-gmlrs-guided-multiple-launch-rocket-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=4121","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e1s alcance para el GMLRS (Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System)"},"content":{"rendered":"

El US ARMY proyecta incrementar significativamente el alcance (Hasta 85 millas) de sus muy eficientes y probados en combate cohetes guiados de 227mm (GMLRS). El principal cambio en la configuraci\u00f3n del vector, consiste en la posici\u00f3n del sistema de guiado y control del mismo que originalmente se encontraba en la ojiva, pasando a ubicarse en la cola del mismo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The U.S. Army has begun flight tests of a new variant of its\u00a0227mm guided artillery rocket\u00a0that could eventually hit targets out to a maximum range of more than 85 miles. The new design will significantly increase the capability of the service\u2019s\u00a0tracked and truck-mounted\u00a0launchers and comes amid a\u00a0surge of artillery developments\u00a0intended to help American troops defeat potential near-peer opponents, such as Russia, in a major conflict.<\/p>\n

Earlier in June 2018, the Army\u2019s Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC)\u00a0disclosed the successful test\u00a0at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, which had occurred months earlier. During this experiment, the rocket hit a target around 70 miles away, but the goal is to extend that range by at least another 15 miles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe flight test couldn’t have gone better,\u201d Brett Wilks, the head of the Tail Controlled Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (TC-GMLRS) project at AMRDEC, said afterward. \u201cWe collected massive amounts of in-flight data on sub-component performance and environment conditions that will be very useful to the entire MLRS Family of Munitions.\u201d<\/p>\n

As its name would imply, the improved rocket design has its flight control surfaces in the tail. The existing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket has its control section in the nose, which the Army has found limit the maximum range of the weapon.<\/p>\n

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GMLRS, which has a maximum range of around 43 miles, first entered production in 2003. The Army, along with the Marines, who also employ the weapon, has since been working on a joint project to extend its range.<\/p>\n

With the fins on the tail, the new version of the rocket can be much more aerodynamic, helping it to fly further. It\u2019s not clear whether TC-GMLRS will feature an improved motor, as well. The weapon does require a new guidance package to account for the change in position of the control fins.<\/p>\n

The improved rockets still use a GPS\/INS guidance system to steer them to their targets, limiting them to engaging static targets. In the future, the Army could potentially consider adding in a\u00a0laser-guidance package, especially since there is now free space in the nose. This could allow troops on the ground, as well as manned or unmanned aircraft, to cue the weapons to engage moving targets, but could again impact its overall range.<\/p>\n

So far, it appears that the design with the tail-mounted control surfaces is just as accurate as the existing type. In the March 2018 flight test, the prototype TC-GMLRS rocket, which did not have a live warhead in it at the time, plowed almost straight down into the ground within two meters of the designated target.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Members of the Army’s TC-GMLRS team stand next to the hole the prototype weapon left at White Sands Missile Range right next to the marker indicating the intended impact point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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AMRDEC employed an\u00a0M270 tracked launcher\u00a0to conduct the experiment, but the rocket will work with the\u00a0truck-mounted M142\u00a0High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), as well. The added range significantly expands the total target area that both systems can cover, making them more flexible, even in smaller numbers, and able to rapidly refocus from providing fire support in one area to another without necessarily having to relocate.<\/p>\n

For HIMARS, the improved rockets could be especially important when combined with the system\u2019s existing mobility and air-portability. The Army, as well as the Marines,\u00a0trains to rapidly deploy\u00a0these truck-mounted launchers via U.S. Air Force cargo planes and quickly get them into action to support\u00a0distributed and expeditionary operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n