Compare rocket artillery

M270 MLRS and BM-30 Smerch

Name:	M270 MLRS	BM-30 Smerch
Origin:	USA	Russia
Produced:	1980–2003	1989
Unit cost:	2.3 million $	-

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Firing range:	32 km - 120 km (ATACMS: 165 or 300 km)	90 km
Caliber:	227 mm	300 mm
Barrels:	12	12

Engine:	Cummins Diesel 500 hp (368 kW)	V-12 diesel D12A-525A 525 hp (391 kW)
Speed:	64.3 km/h (40 mph)	60 km/h (37 mph)
Weight:	24.95 t	43.7 t

Crew:	3	3

Firing range

Caliber

Speed

Weight

Dimensions

Length:	6.85 m	12 m
Width:	2.97 m	3.05 m
Height:	2.59 m	3.05 m

Images

M270 MLRS

Author: "MLRS 05" by Unknown - http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/archives/mlrs/mlrs_05.jpg. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MLRS_05.jpg#/media/File:MLRS_05.jpg License

BM-30 Smerch

Author: "Kuwait BM-30 Smerch launchers, 2011" by Angelique N. Smythe, U.S. Air Force - http://www.afcent.af.mil/; gallery; exact source. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuwait_BM-30_Smerch_launchers,_2011.jpg#/media/File:Kuwait_BM-30_Smerch_launchers,_2011.jpg License