MLRS Video clips of the M270 platform in test firing and combat fire missions. MLRS is short for the Multiple Launch Rocket System: MLRS fires both unguided and guided munitions from a self-propelled rocket artillery system designed to complement, cannon artillery weapons, while vastly upgrading the accuracy and distance capabilities of the US Army Field Artillery. MLRS capabilities allow Army commanders to affect the delivery of large volumes of firepower in a short period of time against critical, time-sensitive targets. Primary targets for the MLRS include the suppression of enemy air defenses, counter-battery fires, destruction of light to medium armored targets and logistical and personnel concentrations.
MLRS received worldwide attention in 1991 during combat operations in Operation Desert Storm. The huge amount of target saturating fire power and resulting target destruction make it a favorite of military commanders. MLRS is widely publicized as having garnered the nick name Steel Rain from Iraqi soldiers and prisoners of war, due to the MLRS sub-munitions falling silently like rain. However appropriate the nick name Steel Rain may be; the nickname did not come from Iraqi prisoners of war. US Army soldiers have long referred to the MLRS system by this affectionate name, even stenciling the name Steel Rain on the launchers themselves.
MLRS received worldwide attention in 1991 during combat operations in Operation Desert Storm. The huge amount of target saturating fire power and resulting target destruction make it a favorite of military commanders. MLRS is widely publicized as having garnered the nick name Steel Rain from Iraqi soldiers and prisoners of war, due to the MLRS sub-munitions falling silently like rain. However appropriate the nick name Steel Rain may be; the nickname did not come from Iraqi prisoners of war. US Army soldiers have long referred to the MLRS system by this affectionate name, even stenciling the name Steel Rain on the launchers themselves.
MLRS Videos featuring the M270 MLRS, M142 HIMARS and the Army TACAMS Missiles.
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*The MLRS video above, marked with a red arrow, was published by someone assigned to 1/27 Field Artillery, MLRS. The 1/27 FA, MLRS 'Grid Smashers,' stationed in Babenhausen, Germany. The 1/27th FA MLRS deployed to the Persian Gulf as a part of the 42nd Field Artillery 'Wheelhorse' Brigade. During combat operations in the Kuwait Theater of Operations (KTO), the 42nd FAB performed in a general fire support role, under operational control of the VII Corps Field Artillery Commander.
In the MLRS video, the person narrating the 'Grid Smashers' video, lays claim to the title "First to Fire" MLRS in combat. Though 1/27 FA, MLRS is a great MLRS battalion, they were in fact, not the first to fire the M270 MLRS platform in combat operations. Multiple research sources, including Lockheed Martin, LTV and the Pentagon, prove the 'First MLRS Combat Fire' distinction belongs to A/21 FA, 1st Calvary Division. *At the 3:22 mark in the video, the time stamp has been altered from 2-13-91 0615PM to 0615AM.
In the MLRS video, the person narrating the 'Grid Smashers' video, lays claim to the title "First to Fire" MLRS in combat. Though 1/27 FA, MLRS is a great MLRS battalion, they were in fact, not the first to fire the M270 MLRS platform in combat operations. Multiple research sources, including Lockheed Martin, LTV and the Pentagon, prove the 'First MLRS Combat Fire' distinction belongs to A/21 FA, 1st Calvary Division. *At the 3:22 mark in the video, the time stamp has been altered from 2-13-91 0615PM to 0615AM.
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