Mobile launcher vehicle
Soviet ZIL-135 launcher vehicle
A mobile launcher vehicle is a type of Missile vehicle on a multi-wheel-drive or tracked chassis carrying one or more ground-to-ground or ground-to-air explosive missiles, along with the personnel and equipment needed to prepare, organize, and execute a launch of such missiles.
Purpose of mobility:
- going to a suitable launch location
- being less easy to locate by the enemy, hence less vulnerable
Examples
- ZIL-135
Soviet Union/
Russia - RT-2PM2 Topol-M (roadless terrain ICBM) Soviet Union/ Russia
- RT-23 Molodets (railway car ICBM) Soviet Union/ Russia
- MGR-1 Honest John
United States - Meillerwagen
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Germany
See also
- Transporter erector launcher, including those used in conjunction with SCUD missiles
- Submarine-launched ballistic missiles
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