page_title: Multiple rocket launcher
hierarchical_section_title: Multiple rocket launcher
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Боевая машина 9А52 300-мм реактивной системы залпового огня 9К58 «Смерч» в Артиллерийском музее Санкт-Петербурга English: Launcher 9A52 of 300-mm multiple rocket launching system 9K58 «Smerch» in Saint-Petersburg Artillery museum
context_page_description: A multiple rocket launcher or multiple launch rocket system is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple barrels. Rockets have different capabilities than conventional artillery munitions, such as longer range and different payloads, typically considerably larger warheads than a similarly sized artillery platform or multiple warheads.
  Unguided rocket artillery is notoriously inaccurate and slow to reload compared to artillery. A multiple rocket launcher helps compensate for this with its ability to launch multiple rockets simultaneously and a greater rate of fire.
  Modern rockets can use GPS or inertial guidance to combine the advantages of rockets with high accuracy.
context_section_description: A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple barrels. Rockets have different capabilities than conventional artillery munitions, such as longer range and different payloads, typically considerably larger warheads than a similarly sized artillery platform or multiple warheads.
  Unguided rocket artillery is notoriously inaccurate and slow to reload compared to artillery. A multiple rocket launcher helps compensate for this with its ability to launch multiple rockets simultaneously and a greater rate of fire. 
  Modern rockets can use GPS or inertial guidance to combine the advantages of rockets with high accuracy.
caption: BM-30 Smerch 300mm rocket launcher in raised position (Saint Petersburg artillery museum)
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