Launched from HIMARS or MLRS M270 platforms, they can carry either cluster munitions or high-explosive warheads. While ATACMS are often described as "long-range," they can reach distances greater ...
Atacms, seen here during South Korea-US military ... the missiles are fired from either the tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) or the wheeled M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket ...
By 1991, ATACMS missiles were bringing the fight to the ground forces of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi Army, launched via M270 MLRS vehicles in Operation Desert Storm. These early ATACMS, the M39 (Block ...