Armament
The LAROM standard launch pod containers hold 13 LAR Mk IV rockets or 20 GRAD rockets, with two pods on a launcher.
The LAROM can operate with the standard 122mm rockets, as well as with the more advanced 160mm rocket, with a strike range between 20 to 45km. The GRAD 122mm rocket is utilised to suppress and annihilate concentrated targets. It has a 18kg HE warhead, a range of approximately 20km and can be fired in salvos of up to 2 rounds per second.
The LAR Mk IV 160mm rockets employ composite solid propellants. The rocket is spin-stabilizing in flight via wraparound stabilizing fins deployed upon rocket exiting launcher. The Mk IV rocket is capable of taking various warheads and commonly fitted with either a HE-COFRAM type or a cluster warhead. The cluster warhead operates by a remotely-set electronic time-fuse which opens the bomblet canister at the calculated height to give area coverage of about 31,400 m2 for each cluster warhead. The LAR Mk IV has a minimum range of 10 km and maximum range of 45 km and can be fired in salvos of up to 1 round every 1.8 seconds.
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