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Why reduced from M270 12 rockets to Himar 6?

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Why reduced from M270 12 rockets to Himar 6? someone knows the answer? --188.171.58.18 (talk) 21:50, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Probably weight and size issues. The tracked MLRS launcher is 3 meters wide, but standard for road trucks is 2.55m maximum in Europe, the U.S. standard is probably similar. A tank is 3.5m wide and fits just so on a train, but on a road it needs the shoulder or half the oncoming lane as well. If you want to be able to use normal roads everywhere, you should keep it to a normal commercial truck size, and also don't overdo with the weight (think of bridges). That's the "high mobility" part of it.--OBrian (talk) 09:50, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Also it is to reduce the amount of weight on so it can travel to places and be less to transport on planes. 107.191.0.59 (talk) 21:26, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Possible deployment in Ukraine

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Hello, I tend to ask before I edit. The HIMARS system appears to have been deployed in Ukraine recently: https://avia-pro.net/news/ssha-peredadut-ukraine-kompleksy-m142-himars-s-dalnostyu-do-500-kilometrov

I'm not sure if that is RSS and reports are sparse. Thelisteninghand (talk) 20:38, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unit cost

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Unit cost is currently given as "$5.1 million (cost of launcher and all ammunition required)". The "all ammunition required" is a problem (required for what?). Probably this should just be the cost of the system without regard to the ammunition, but I don't have a source for that. CAVincent (talk) 06:02, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Canada fron potential operators?

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The list of potential operators says Canada was considering purchasing some by 2012. Since it is now 2022 and Canada does not operate the system, should they be removed? 2607:FEA8:9563:9A00:D89F:6BDD:D4D1:4069 (talk) 13:48, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fair point. A cursory search on my part shows no further indication since 2009 of Canadian interest, much less usage. Removed. CAVincent (talk) 06:32, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Pro-Ukrainian Telegram Channel"

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Towards the end of the discussion of use of the system in Ukraine:

The discussion or 'text' that follows the Telegram Channel mention -- seems to be pro-Russian. It mentions shooting down Ukrainian missile. That seems to be ... not pro Ukraine.

I think someone should check this.

The paragraph can be cleaned up a bit depending on whether this point of view is pro Russian or pro Ukrainian. 2603:301D:1E0C:8000:9188:392E:27B6:85EF (talk) 20:35, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if it makes you mad whether it is pro russian or pro ukrainian... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.172.105.129 (talk) 14:34, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Material in M30A1 - tungsten or tungsten carbide?

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There is a lot of information out there saying either one or the other, sometimes both. People often say tungsten when they actually mean tungsten carbide (or some alloy), which further complicates things. Does anyone have any sort of credible source on what the shrapnel is actually made out of? The first assumption is that it is the same as in APFSDS penetrators, so a tungsten heavy alloy (WHA). However, given that these spheres do not need to be actual spheres, their production you be as simple a letting molten material cool down in free fall. So it could also be pure tungsten or some other alloy that would otherwise be hard to machine/produce. Eheran (talk) 10:55, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About "first destruction"

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You cannot categorically say "first destruction", but rather first "confirmed or proven destruction". There may be equipment that has been destroyed a long time ago, but for many obvious reasons it has not been possible to verify it. In fact, there is a video from a couple of days ago in infrared vision of the destruction of what could have been another vehicle and perhaps two, either another launcher or the reloader. In addition to another video a little earlier of a launcher being targeted by artillery in a forest where it hid after launching his load, but the result is not seen. The peculiarity of the most recent video is that it is a "high definition" real color image with full recognition of the vehicle and its destruction beyond any doubt. 152.207.201.130 (talk) 06:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citation #90 Federal Register not acceptable citation.

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From what I understand Citation 90 links to a page to allow your IP to access the library of sources that website has. Presumably whoever added it meant to add a specific source from that library not a request to whitelist and IP. Unless I am fundamentally misunderstanding what that page does.

I believe the correct citation should be from the article "Arms Sale Notification" dated 10//24/2017 which makes a statement about a proximity fuze and a 10m burst height. Archive.org seems unable to show that article even though it has an archived page from 2023 (it just redirects to the request IP white listing page).

How should that be properly sourced? 2604:3D08:5A7A:48F0:8B12:3B3E:F28A:1527 (talk) 10:50, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doing a web search for M30A1 proximity sensor turns up this Federal Register web page with the fuze info in paragraph #3. I used this web page to replace the generic and unhelpful register page. Regards, -Fnlayson (talk) 15:16, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Further confirmed HIMARS losses

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Russia destroyed an additional 2 HIMARS systems on 16th August at Kursk https://www.newsweek.com/russia-says-it-destroyed-two-himars-launchers-near-kursk-border-1940184

Another 1 system at Sumy region https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9gj6xlVpkI

Another 2 today on 2. September again at Kursk (Video says 3 but 1 is a Buk SAM system) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xpr63wvsEI 2A02:8108:8A80:753A:209C:4889:2146:ACB8 (talk) 21:12, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

None of the Youtube links are acceptable reliable sources; the Newsweek one is repeating an unsubstantiated Russian allegation. We cannot include any of these at this time. SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 18:05, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Information in “Operators” outdated

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5th Battalion 11th Marines has been deactivated and 1st Battalion 11th Marines absorbed their HIMARS batteries. D.Souper (talk) 14:41, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Got a source?SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 22:17, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]