class: Artillery
description: "A highly mobile wheeled artillery rocket system designed to deliver long-range precision strikes.
The HIMARS is based on a standard 5-ton truck chassis and can be airlifted by C-130 hercules aircraft for rapid
deployment. Depending on the munitions, the HIMARS can engage targets at up to 27- nautical miles.
It has been deployed in multiple combat theaters, including Iraq, Afghanistan and now Ukraine."
introduced: 2005
manufacturer: Lockheed Martin
origin: United States
price: 55
role: Long-Range Precision Artillery Striker
variants: 
  "[CH] M142 HIMARS (GLSDB)": {}