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Multiple rocket launcher
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System is a multiple rocket launcher originating in United States. The cited manufacturer or builder is Lockheed Martin Diehl BGT Defence Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Aérospatiale - Matra. Published specifications list mass 24040 kg and length 6.97 m; the configuration for each measurement is shown below.
United StatesU.S. Soldiers assigned to 1-77 Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade conduct preventive maintenance checks and services on their nine newly fielded M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems at a motor pool on U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, Grafenwoehr, Germany, Dec. 16, 2024. By modernizing with the acquisition of the M270A2, the 41st FAB is increasing its organic capabilities. This increase in capability bolsters the ability of the U.S. and NATO allies to project combat power across the European theater. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Hunter Carpenter) Historical equipment reference photograph. It does not establish current availability or every detail of the named variant.
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Retained English infobox, specifications and article text
It has been suggested that this article be split out into a new article titled GMLRS . ( Discuss ) ( August 2025 ) M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Type Multiple rocket launcher Place of origin United States Service history In service 1983–present Used by See Operators Wars Persian Gulf War
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Multiple rocket launcher
United States
1983–present
See Operators
Persian Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Gaza war
Ling-Temco-Vought
1977
Lockheed Martin Diehl BGT Defence Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Aérospatiale - Matra
Domestic cost: $2.3 million per one launcher (FY 1990) $4.9 million (in 2024) per one launcher $168,000 per one M31 GMLRS (FY 2023) Export cost: $434,000 per one M31ER GMLRS (FY 2022)
1980–present
M270, M270A1, M270A2, MARS II , LRU, MLRS-I
52,990 lb (24,040 kg) (combat loaded w/ 12 rockets)
274.5 in (6.97 m)
117 in (3.0 m)
102 in (2.59 m) (launcher stowed)
3
8.9 in (227 mm)
M26 : ~3s per round ATACMS : ~30s per round
M26 : 20 mi (32 km) M26A1/A2: 28 mi (45 km) M30/31: 57 mi (92 km)
ATACMS : 103 or 186 mi (165 or 300 km)
5083 aluminum hull, 7039 aluminum cab
12 × MLRS or 4 x PrSM or 2 × MGM-140 ATACMS
Cummins VTA-903 diesel engine 500 hp (373 kW) at 2600 rpm 600 hp (447 kW) (M270A1)
18.9 hp/ST (15.5 kW/t) (M270)
Torsion bar
300 mi (483 km)
40 mph (64.4 km/h)
Cross-drive turbo transmission, fully electronically controlled
Egypt
Greece
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Bahrain
Finland
France
Germany
Israel
Italy
South Korea
United Kingdom
US Army
Ukraine
United States Army
1982, US Army
1991, Gulf War
54,578 pounds (24,756 kg)
8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
not available
40 mph (64 km/h)
300 miles (480 km)
4 minutes (M270) 3 minutes (M270A1)
$2.3 million per launcher (FY 1990), $168,000 per M31 GMLRS rocket (FY 2023)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 300 km | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
M270 MLRS equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BahrainArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 227mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
EgyptArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
FinlandArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
FranceArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / MRL 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
GermanyArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / MRL 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
GreeceArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
IsraelArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
ItalyArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / MRL 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
JapanGround Self-Defense Force exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / MRL 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Saudi Arabia
South KoreaArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
TürkiyeArmy exact named equipment holdings: M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 227mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
UkraineReported count for M270 · M270B MARS II. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 23. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited reference period. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
United KingdomReported land equipment holdings; excludes vehicles used exclusively for training or ceremonial use. Does not distinguish active, stored or maintenance status. Not assessed as Accredited Official Statistics. Platforms included: Multiple Launcher Rocket System.
United StatesUnited States Army holdings only. Combined M270A1/A2 launcher vehicles.
Egypt, Greece, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, South Korea, United Kingdom, US Army, Ukraine, United States Army
Equipment reference ↗Army exact named equipment holdings of M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 227mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 227mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
France — Army inventory holdings of the exact named M270 MLRS component. IISS holdings include active, reserve operational and training units and exclude equipment in store. Units are equipment items, not immediate combat readiness. No parent-design or sibling-variant total is inherited.
Germany — Army inventory holdings of the exact named M270 MLRS component. IISS holdings include active, reserve operational and training units and exclude equipment in store. Units are equipment items, not immediate combat readiness. No parent-design or sibling-variant total is inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 227mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 227mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Separately printed stored holdings are excluded; their full enclosing in-store clauses remain in the source proof.
Army holdings of the exact named M270 MLRS component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
Ground Self-Defense Force holdings of exact named M270 MLRS component: active, operational reserve and training equipment; equipment in store excluded. Service-scoped source observation, not a national total or immediate readiness. The source's combined air/air-defence organisation is retained where given. No sibling, parent, mounted-weapon or generic heading total is inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of M270 MLRS. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 227mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.