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Battery A 1st Battalion 623rd Field Artillery - Kentucky Army National Guard (859 words) |
 | MLRS is not intended to replace cannon artillery, but has been designed to complement it. |
| MLRS units from the United Kingdom were also involved in ODS and proved the value of this multi-national system. |
| The MLRS M270 Launcher, a derivative of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV), is the standard U.S. Army platform for firing surface to surface artillery rockets and missiles. |
| M-270 MLRS (391 words) |
| The M270 launcher, a derivative of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV), carries 12 rockets which it is capable of firing one at a time or in rapid ripples to ranges of more than 30 kilometers. |
| MLRS employs the "shoot and scoot" principle to limit vulnerability to counterbattery fire. |
| MLRS is co-produced by the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. |
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