Pakistan to Produce A100 MLRS

[mjnaushad]

I bet HIT will be manufacturing the launchers!we are going for mass production not mass trade so mass production = Launchers frm HIT and guidence systems and rockets frm SPARCO.

Can these be guided in flight?

 

[Jigs]

Can these be guided in flight?

They should be. The launch vehicle uses a GPS system for targeting and the rockets themselves have built in range and direction correction systems.

 

[Jigs]

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Its frm 2008! It talks abt TOT of the MLRS! And MLRS being upgraded.... hence?

Pakistan (probably HIT) will manufacture the launching platforms and SPARCO with produce the rockets.

And YES Naushad wrora they can be guided.

Hong Kong, China —
Pakistan is in the process of purchasing A-100 multi-rocket launch systems from China. According to a Pakistani military industry source, the contract was signed last year with the arms export company, China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation.

The initial procurement is a battalion-level system primarily for testing purposes. According to the needs of the Pakistani military, additional imports are also likely.
This is the first time for China to export the A-100 MLRS to a foreign country. South Asian military industry analysts believe that Pakistan’s procurement of the A-100 is in response to India’s acquisition of the Russian Smerch, or Tornado, MLRS. Both the Smerch and the A-100 are 300-mm calibre rocket launch systems.

In 2001, India signed a contract with Russia to purchase US$450 million worth of Smerch MLRS, which made their first appearance at India’s 2008 National Day military parade. A source from the Chinese military industry claims that the Smerch’s maximum range is 90 kilometers, while the A-100 can fire its latest submunitions as far as 120 kilometers. After being fitted with a simplified strike correction system, the A-100’s strike accuracy is increased to 33 percent.
The Pakistani military is considering a possible transfer of production site for the A-100 out of China. However, at the current stage, Pakistan will continue to import the system, according to the military industry source.

Some international analysts are of the opinion that the A-100 and the AR-2 300-mm MLRS produced by Chinese manufacturer Norinco are both imitation versions of the Russian Smerch MLRS. But the manufacturers of the A-100 and the AR-2 insist that these three types of MLRS are completely different. Neither the A-100 nor the AR-2 can fire Smerch rocket munitions, nor do they use the same propellant rocket motors or components.

In addition, China is now undertaking technological and structural upgrades of both the A-100 and AR-2 multi-rocket launch systems. These upgrades may include replacing their tube-shaped launchers with box-shaped launchers, as the former are much more expensive, cannot be quickly and easily reloaded and are more difficult to maintain. The similar AR-1 MLRS, which are fitted with box-shaped launchers, no longer require transloaders to load the rockets.--

Pakistan imports Chinese rocket launchers --UPI Asia.com

 

[maverick1977]

I think KRL will start producing 300mm A100Es. KRL already makes locally produced 122mm MRLS for Pakistan Army.

A solid battalion of 30 Battalions with 18 firing systems each will make a formidable force..

 

[moxin]

!sweet!
I hope its amazing in performance!!! we really need them in large numbers...

 

[Zulfiqar]

KRL and HIT are not involved in the project. However, a certain organ of Nescom is( and no i am not speculating and i will not clarify it more), If you look at the pictures of A-100s you will notice that the vehicles used are similar to the TELs PA uses. Organs under Nescom maintain/repair those vehicles not HIT and they have more experience in operating such systems and they are the natural choice.

 

[humanfirst]

MLRS That can fire gps guided rockets at a range of 120km..!!That's an awesome weapon.This will create some serious headache to IA.Anyway congrats guys..

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

Can these be guided in flight?

The A-100 AFAIK isn't guided, but the WS-2 is. Stations would have sensors for target acquisition.

 

[Super Falcon]

yes if pakistan can get more than 200 trucks fully loaded in indian border i think indian army cannot move an inch too becoz our system can have more range than indian smerch and indian only have 50 of these so their fire power would be limited and less in range too so if our launchers range come to indian smeerch can be destroyed from our A 100 too


In 2001, India signed a contract with Russia to purchase US$450 million worth of Smerch MLRS, which made their first appearance at India’s 2008 National Day military parade. A source from the Chinese military industry claims that the Smerch’s maximum range is 90 kilometers, while the A-100 can fire its latest submunitions as far as 120 kilometers. After being fitted with a simplified strike correction system, the A-100’s strike accuracy is increased to 33 percent

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

CAn we use this to shot down Aircraft,UAV,helicopters?

No these items are for ground targets, only meaing you launch the rockets the rockets follow a normal path , fall under influence of gravity at designated targets

For aireal threats , you need guidance system and radar to update the rockets on exact location of the boggy , and its projected path , and this is then rendered into computations, which , in turn allows a successful kill.

So no ... these MLRS can't destroy a aireal target, now if the airreal target happens to be in in the path of the rocket yep it will get destroyed that is another story , low flying helicopeters could accidentally get destroyed

 

[ARSENAL6]

This MLRS is great

i prefer these babies:

U.S IRAK Forces Of Valor 1/32 - U.S. M270 LAUNCH? - Forces of valor


Google Image Result for http://dev.forcesofvalor.com/images/product/primary_image/80222.jpg

 

[SBD-3]

maybe if one collided with the missiles midair?
but really though this is a ground attack weapon

.....nice ans

 

[TaimiKhan]

Atleast Taimi would not eat my brains now

Well this i did knew but the range was the problem, plus some other ones are still left to be answered

 

[humanfirst]

yes if pakistan can get more than 200 trucks fully loaded in indian border i think indian army cannot move an inch too becoz our system can have more range than indian smerch and indian only have 50 of these so their fire power would be limited and less in range too so if our launchers range come to indian smeerch can be destroyed from our A 100 too


In 2001, India signed a contract with Russia to purchase US$450 million worth of Smerch MLRS, which made their first appearance at India’s 2008 National Day military parade. A source from the Chinese military industry claims that the Smerch’s maximum range is 90 kilometers, while the A-100 can fire its latest submunitions as far as 120 kilometers. After being fitted with a simplified strike correction system, the A-100’s strike accuracy is increased to 33 percent