Type 75 130 mm Multiple Rocket Launcher
| 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 origin | Japan |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1975–2005? |
| Used by |
 Japan |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Komatsu |
| Designed | 1973-75 |
| Manufacturer | Komatsu |
| Produced | 1975–85 |
| Number built | 66 |
| Variants | Type 75 wind measurement vehicle |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 16.5 metric tons (16.2 long tons) |
| Length | 5.8 meters (19 ft 0 in) |
| Width | 2.8 meters (9 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 2.67 meters (8 ft 9 in) |
| Crew | 3 |
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| Shell weight | 43 kilograms (95 lb) |
| Caliber | 131.5 millimeters (5.18 in) |
| Barrels | 30 |
| Elevation | 0° to +50° |
| Traverse | 100° |
| Effective firing range | 15,000 meters (16,404 yd) |
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| Armor | aluminum |
Main armament | 130 mm rockets |
Secondary armament | 1x .50 caliber M2 machine gun |
| Engine |
Mitsubishi 4ZF diesel 300 horsepower (224 kW) |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
| Ground clearance | 40 centimetres (1 ft 4 in) |
Operational range | 300 kilometres (186 mi) |
| 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-130mm-jisou-ta-rensou-Rocket-dan-hassya-ki) 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 IHI Aerospace, as Nissan's Aerospace Division has since been renamed, 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.
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.
The rockets are fin-stabilized. They can be fired individually or in a 12-second ripple.
Notes
- ↑ "JGSDF Inventory circa 2001". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
References
- Chant, Christopher. A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware. New York and London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987 ISBN 0-7102-0720-4, p. 120-1
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