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ATACMS-P

IOC: 2005
Also Known As: M39

Origin: United States of America

Contractor/s: Lockheed Martin

Description: The ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) is a theater short range ballistic missile launched form the M270 MLRS and/or HIMARS artillery systems. It provides attack capability beyond the range of current howitzer and rocket systems. Each M270 artillery system can accommodate up to two Army TACMS missiles replacing 12 227mm rockets, six rockets per TACMS. TACMS is specially well suited to attack high payoff, time sensitive targets.

The ATACMS ballistic missile was employed for the first time in 1991 during the Gulf War military campaign in Kuwait and Iraq. The US Army has great confidence in the TACMS family of tactical missiles which provide long range, precision attack against a wide range of targets.

The ATACMS-P (Penetrator) is a special derivative of the ATACMS missile. It will integrate an ATACMS booster with a Navy reentry vehicle resulting in an improved capability to destroy hard and deeply-buried targets. The Earth Penetrating Warhead (EPW) is the key element for this new tactical missile system. The ATACMS-P or TACMS-P will be fully compatible with the M270/A1 rocket-artillery system and will have an effective range of 220 km. The flight test program was concluded in August 2005 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Parent system is the ATACMS
IOC: 1989
First Flight: 26 April 1988
Total Production: 1,826
Other Family Members: ATACMS Block I, ATACMS Block IA, ATACMS Block IA Unitary and ATACMS Block II

Transactions: There are 3 transactions involving 329 items for ATACMS from 1998 to 2004 view report

Applications:

Multiple Launch Rocket Systems

M142 HIMARS, M270 MLRS and M270A1 MLRS

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:: Specifications ::

Dimensions
Diameter: 610 millimeter
Length: 4 meter

Performance
Max Range: 220 kilometer
Min Range: 140 kilometer

:: News ::

There are 2 news between
16 Jun 2005
and
15 Aug 2005

ATACMS Penetrator Completes Final Flight Test HIMARS Rocket Launcher Fielded

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:: Notes & Resources ::

Last Updated:
Thursday, March 8, 2012

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IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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