M142 HIMARS

The United States' wheeled, C-130-transportable precision rocket artillery system — battlefield-proven in Ukraine and known as the "sniper of artillery," firing GMLRS, ATACMS, and the future PrSM.

Overview

The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is a wheeled, shoot-and-scoot multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) that fires the same Family of Medium-calibre Ordnance (MFOM) as the tracked M270 but on a lighter, more mobile 6×6 truck chassis. Designed to provide brigade-and-above commanders with rapid, long-range precision fires, a single launcher swaps between pods holding six 227 mm guided rockets, one ATACMS ballistic missile, or two next-generation Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM). Because it fits inside a C-130, HIMARS can deploy to austere strips that the heavier M270 cannot reach, a feature proven decisive in the system’s extensive combat career.

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