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MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)
ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the multiple launch rocket systems (mlrs) category.
01 / Overview
9A52-4 Tornado
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS (MLRS) · MODERN ERA
6
PERFORMANCE/PRICE
88
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
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ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the multiple launch rocket systems (mlrs) category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎General4MOD.4
- Service Entry Year2015
- Combat Weight22,000 kg
- Crew3
- Carriage TypeSelf-Propelled
◈Ordnance2MOD.2
- Calibre220 mm
- Ordnance TypeRocket
▣Performance3MOD.3
- Minimum Range5 km
- Maximum Range (standard)35 km
- Maximum Range (guided)40 km
◇Ammunition6MOD.6
- Ammunition TypesHE-Frag, Cluster, Guided
- HE RoundYes
- Smoke RoundYes
- Illumination RoundYes
- Cluster / DPICMYes
- Precision-Guided RoundYes
◆Fire Control2MOD.2
▤Mobility3MOD.3
- Self-PropelledYes
- Shoot-and-ScootYes
- Road Speed (if SP)80 km/h
⬢Ammunition Handling1MOD.1
- Ready Rounds16
▲Dimensions3MOD.3
- Length9.5 m
- Width2.8 m
- Height3 m
◎Production1MOD.1
- Production Start2,015 year
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANStill in Service
- 2011Production started
15
years in service
1
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country still actively operates it.
04 / Variants
▚ WEAPON FAMILY
06 / MASS Score
MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS (MLRS) RANKING Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) · Modern Era
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
12MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS (MLRS)6MODERN ERA · MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS (MLRS)108RUSSIA · ALL WEAPONS13PERFORMANCE/PRICE · MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS (MLRS)
ⓘ Rankings are within theMultiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)category.
📖 TERMS ON THIS PAGE9terms
Cluster/DPICM refers to artillery ammunition that disperses submunitions for anti-personnel and anti-vehicle effects.
A digital fire-control system employs computational algorithms to calculate and adjust artillery fire parameters, enhancing accuracy and efficiency in towed systems.
High Explosive (HE) round: an artillery or mortar projectile containing explosive filler designed to inflict damage through blast and fragmentation effects.
Inertial navigation is a self-contained system that determines a vehicle’s position, orientation, and velocity by integrating data from accelerometers and gyroscopes, without external signals.
Artillery or mortar munition equipped with guidance systems to alter its trajectory after firing for increased accuracy.
Artillery system with integrated propulsion, enabling movement under its own power rather than being towed.
Artillery tactic where a firing unit rapidly deploys, fires, and relocates to avoid counter-battery fire.
Smoke grenades are pyrotechnic devices deployed by infantry fighting vehicles to create a visual screen, obscuring movement or positions from enemy observation or targeting.
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