LAROM
| LAROM | |
|---|---|
LAROM MLRS at the 2009 National Day Parade | |
| Type | Multiple Rocket Launcher |
| Place of origin | Romania, Israel |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2001 - present |
| Used by | Romanian Land Forces |
| Production history | |
| Produced | 1999- |
| No. built | 54 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 13.7 tonnes |
| Length | 7.35 m |
| Width | 2.40 m |
| Height | 3.10 m |
| Crew | 4 |
Main armament | 26×LAR Mk.4 160mm rockets or 40×122mm rockets |
| Engine | 410 hp |
The LAROM is a Romanian native-made, highly mobile, multiple rocket launcher, in service with the Romanian Land Forces, built in collaboration with Israel.[1]
It was influenced by the BM-21 Grad 122 mm multiple rocket launcher (MRL) system which entered service with the Soviet Army in 1963 also utilizing a six-by-six truck chassis fitted with a bank of 40 122mm launch tubes arranged in a rectangular shape that can be turned away from the unprotected cabin.
Armament
The LAROM standard launch pod containers hold 20 GRAD (122 mm) rockets or 13 LAR Mk. IV (160 mm) rockets, with two pods on a launcher.[1]
The GRAD 122 mm rocket is utilised to suppress and annihilate concentrated targets. It has an 18 kg high-explosive warhead, a range of approximately 20 km and can be fired in salvos of up to 2 rounds per second.[1]
The LAR Mk. IV 160 mm rockets employ composite solid propellants. The rocket is spin-stabilizing in flight via wraparound stabilizing fins deployed upon rocket exiting launcher. The Mk IV rocket is capable of taking various warheads and commonly fitted with either a HE-COFRAM type or a Cluster munition warhead. The cluster warhead operates by a remotely set electronic time-fuse which opens the bomblet canister at the calculated height to give area coverage of about 31,400 m2 for each cluster warhead. The LAR Mk IV has a minimum range of 10 km and maximum range of 45 km and can be fired in salvos of up to 1 round every 1.8 seconds.
Operators
Romania − 54[2] modernized systems in service, all operated by the 8th Mixed Artillery Brigade.
Gallery
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Older version of LAROM MLRS on DAC-665T chassis
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LAROM MLRS on ROMAN 26.410 chassis
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LAROM MLRS on ROMAN 26.410 chassis
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LAROM MLRS on ROMAN 26.410 chassis
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LAROM MLRS on ROMAN 26.410 chassis
See also
- LAR-160 – (Israel)
- BM-21 Grad – (Soviet Union)
- RM-70 multiple rocket launcher – (Czechoslovakia)
- M-77 Oganj – (Yugoslavia)
- T-122 Sakarya – (Turkey)
References
- ^ a b c "The Romanian LAROM MLRS". TankNutDave.com. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ "UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms)". www.unroca.org. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
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