Type 75 130 mm Multiple Rocket Launcher

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Type 75 130 mm Multiple Rocket Launcher
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A Type 75 at the Sinbudai Old Weapon Museum, Camp Asaka, Japan
Type Multiple Rocket Launcher
Place of originJapan
Service history
In service1975–2005?
Used byJapan
Production history
Designer Komatsu
Designed1973-75
Manufacturer Komatsu
Produced1975–85
No. built66
VariantsType 75 wind measurement vehicle
Specifications
Mass16.5 metric tons (16.2 long tons)
Length5.8 meters (19 ft 0 in)
Width2.8 meters (9 ft 2 in)
Height2.67 meters (8 ft 9 in)
Crew3

Shell weight43 kilograms (95 lb)
Caliber 131.5 millimeters (5.18 in)
Barrels30
Elevation 0° to +50°
Traverse 100°
Effective firing range15,000 meters (16,404 yd)

Armor aluminum
Main
armament
130  mm rockets
Secondary
armament
1x .50 caliber M2 machine gun
EngineMitsubishi 4ZF diesel
300 horsepower (224 kW)
Suspension torsion bar
Ground clearance40 centimetres (1 ft 4 in)
Operational
range
300 kilometres (186 mi)
Maximum speed 53 kilometres per hour (33 mph)

The Type 75 130 mm Multiple Rocket Launcher (75式130mm自走多連装ロケット弾発射機, Nana-go-shiki hyakusanjū-miri jisou-tarensou-rokettodan-hasshaki) was developed to carry the 130 mm rocket system developed by the Aerospace Division of the Nissan Motor Company. It used the suspension, tracks and diesel engine of the Type 73 Armored Personnel Carrier. Komatsu was responsible for the chassis and Nissan's Aerospace Division for the launcher and its rockets. 15 Type 75 wind measurement vehicles were built on the same chassis to provide weather information for the rockets.

Contents

In 2001 Japan reported to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs that 61 Type 75s were in service [1] as well as 13 wind measurement vehicles. It is being gradually replaced by American designed license-built 227 mm M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. According to Jane's only about 20 are left in service as of 2008.

Description

The Type 75 has a welded aluminum hull, with a crew of three (driver, commander and operator) sitting towards the front of the vehicle, with the driver sitting on the left, the commander on the right and the rocket operator sitting behind the commander. A single 12.7 mm (0.5 in) M2 Browning anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on the commander's hatch. A launcher for 30 rockets is fitted on the rear of the vehicle's hull. The rockets are fin-stabilized, with a 15 kilograms (33 lb) warhead and have a range of up to 15,000 metres (9.3 mi). They can be fired individually or in a 12-second ripple. [2]

Notes

  1. "JGSDF Inventory circa 2001". United Nations. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  2. Foss 1987 , pp. 775–776

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