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SLAM (Sistema de LAanzadores Múltiples – Multiple Launcher System) Pampero is an
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and modern eras. It is usually mounted on the chassis of an all-terrain
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4x4 vehicle to provide mobility, in a similar way to the soviet
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The
SLAM (Sistema de LAanzadores Múltiples – Multiple Launcher System) Pampero is an
ArgentinianArgentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico,...
multiple rocket launcherA multiple rocket launcher is a type of unguided rocket artillery system. Like other rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers are less accurate and have a much lower rate of fire than batteries of traditional artillery guns...
(a type of
rocket artilleryRocket artillery is a type of artillery equipped with rocket launchers instead of conventional guns or mortars.Types of rocket artillery pieces include multiple rocket launchers.-History:...
) from
Cold WarThe Cold War was the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, and economic competition existing after World War II , primarily between the USSR and its satellite states, and the powers of the Western world, including the United States...
and modern eras. It is usually mounted on the chassis of an all-terrain
UnimogUnimog designates a range of multi-purpose four wheel drive medium trucks produced by Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler AG. The name Unimog is pronounced in German and is an acronym for the German "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", Gerät being the German word for machine or device...
4x4 vehicle to provide mobility, in a similar way to the soviet
KatyushaKatyusha multiple rocket launchers are a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Compared to other artillery, these multiple rocket launchers deliver a devastating amount of explosives to an area target quickly, but with lower accuracy and requiring a...
s.
Development
The SLAM Pampero MRL was developed by
CITEFAThe Institute of Scientific and Technological Research for the Defense , is an Argentine federal agency directly dependent of the Ministry of Defence in charge of the research, development and homologation of armament.-Designed:...
in the early 1980s, and was subsequently manufactured during the 1980s by the DGFM “Fabrica Militar Fray Luis Beltran” in
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,
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.
Service history
The self-propelled variant is currently in service with the
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artillery branch.
Variants
- Surface-Surface: self-propelled 16-tube MRL, mounted on top of a Mercedes-Benz
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Unimog 416 chassis.
- Air-Surface: 4 or 6-tube pod.
Rocket Specifications
- Caliber: 105 mm (? in)
- Length: 1530 mm (? ft)
- Motor: Solid-fuel rocket
- Weight: 30 kg (? lb)
- Maximum range: 10.200 m (? mi)
- Dispersion: 68% of projectiles within an area of 300 m by 200 m
- Warhead:
- Types: Rocket Types: HE, HE-I (HE-Incendiary), Inert (for training).
- Weight: 10.5 kg
(NOTE: some specifications differ slightly from source to source)
Launcher specifications
- Entered service: 1980s (Argentine Army
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)
- First used in action: ?
- Chassis: Mercedes-Benz Unimog 416 4x4 truck
- Crew: ?
- Weight loaded: 6110 kg
- Length: ? m (? Ft ?? in)
- Width: ? m
- Height (stowed): ? m
- Height (max elevation): ? m
- Max road speed: ? km/h
- Cruise range: ? km
- Engine: ?
- Transmission: ?
- Number of tubes: 16
- Launch Rate: 16 rockets in 7.5 seconds
- Reload time: 10 minutes
- Loader Type: Manual
- Launcher Drive: Electric
- Launcher Traverse: 90°
- Launcher Elevation: 0 to +52°
- Average unit cost: ?
See also
- Artillery rockets, in "List of artillery"
- Argentina, in "List of artillery by country"
- Multiple rocket launcher
A multiple rocket launcher is a type of unguided rocket artillery system. Like other rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers are less accurate and have a much lower rate of fire than batteries of traditional artillery guns...
External links
http://www.artilleria.ejercito.mil.ar/quees/ac/subsistema01.htm Official Argentine Army website - Artillery Branch, field artillery equipment webpage (specifications and picture).
Official website of the Argentine Army 3rd Artillery Group (page with picture and basic specifications)
http://www.saorbats.com.ar/EA_orbat.htm Unofficial website, with organization and equipment of the Argentine Army, including details on the “Pampero”.