Pampero (multiple rocket launcher)

SLAM Pampero
SLAM Pampero
Type	Rocket artillery – Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin	Argentina
Service history
In service	since 1980s
Used by	Argentine Army
Production history
Designer	CITEFA
Manufacturer	DGFM
Specifications
Caliber	105 mm
Rate of fire	16 rockets in 7.5 secs
Maximum firing range	10,200 metres (6.3 mi)
Feed system	manual

The SLAM (Sistema Lanzacohetes de Artillería Múltiple, or Multiple Rocket Launcher System) "Pampero" is an Argentinian multiple rocket launcher (a type of rocket artillery) from the Cold War and modern eras.

Development

The SLAM "Pampero" MRL was developed by CITEFA in 1980–1983, and was subsequently manufactured during the early 1980s, by the DGFM “Fabrica Militar Fray Luis Beltran” in Rosario, Argentina. It is composed by a 16-tube launcher mounted on an Unimog 416 4x4 truck. The ammunition consists of 105mm "Pampero" artillery rockets, also developed by CITEFA, which can be armed with a variety of warheads. A total of five "Pampero" launchers on UNIMOG 416 chassis were built for the Argentine Army in 1983 (one of them the prototype and the others four for actual use).^[1]

Service history

The self-propelled variant is currently^[when?] in service with the Argentine Army artillery branch.

Production progressed^[when?] to the CP-30 MRL, which is able to use either the 105mm rockets from the Pampero or the new 127mm rockets, also called CP-30. This MRL is mounted in IVECO Trakker 6x4 trucks,^[2] in a similar way to the soviet Katyushas.

Variants

Surface-Surface: self-propelled 16-tube MRL, mounted on top of a Mercedes-Benz Unimog 416 chassis.
Air-Surface: 4 or 6-tube "Yaguareté" pod. 6-tube pod "Microbio".

Specifications

Rocket

Caliber: 105 millimetres (4.1 in)
Length: 1,530 millimetres (5.02 ft)
Motor: Solid-fuel rocket
Weight: 30 kilograms (66 lb)
Maximum range: 10,200 metres (6.3 mi)
Dispersion: 68% of projectiles within an area of 300 m by 200 m
Warhead:
- Types: Rocket Types: HE, HE-I (HE-Incendiary), Inert (for training).
- Weight: 10.5 kilograms (23 lb)

(NOTE: some specifications differ slightly from source to source)

Launcher

Entered service: 1980s (Argentine Army)
First used in action: ?
Chassis: Mercedes-Benz Unimog 416 4x4 truck
Crew: ?
Weight loaded: 6110 kg
Length: ? m (? Ft ?? in)
Width: ? m
Height (stowed): ? m
Height (max elevation): ? m
Max road speed: ? km/h
Cruise range: ? km
Engine: ?
Transmission: ?
Number of tubes: 16
Launch Rate: 16 rockets in 7.5 seconds
Reload time: 10 minutes
Loader Type: Manual
Launcher Drive: Electric
Launcher Traverse: 90°
Launcher Elevation: 0 to +52°
Average unit cost: ?

Users

Argentine Army

References

Notes

^ García Loperena, Gastón Javier (2015). El Unimog en el Ejército Argentino. Buenos Aires: 1884 Editorial. p. 232. ISBN 9789509822993.
^ "La Larga Marcha del CP-30". 9 August 2006.

Sources

Foss, Christopher F. (July 2004). Jane's Armour & Artillery, 2004-2005 (25th ed.). Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2616-9.

External links

(in Spanish) Official Argentine Army website - Artillery Branch, field artillery equipment webpage (specifications and picture).
(in Spanish) Official website of the Argentine Army 3rd Artillery Group (page with picture and basic specifications)
Official CITEFA website^{[permanent dead link]} (Air-Surface version pictures with some specifications)
Unofficial website (providing Description, Pictures and Specifications)
(in Spanish) Unofficial website (with organization and equipment of the Argentine Army, including details on the “Pampero”)
Unofficial website^{[permanent dead link]} (providing Specifications, with some differences)
(in Spanish) Description and specifications, Fabricaciones Militares website (accessed 2016-10-27)

[1] García Loperena, Gastón Javier (2015). El Unimog en el Ejército Argentino. Buenos Aires: 1884 Editorial. p. 232. ISBN 9789509822993.

[2] "La Larga Marcha del CP-30". 9 August 2006.

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