Type 75 130 mm Multiple Rocket Launcher
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The 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.
As of 2001 Japan reported to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
that 61 Type 75s were in service 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.
Type 73 Armored Personnel Carrier
The is an armored personnel carrier that entered service with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in 1973.- Development :The Japanese Defense Agency's Technical Research and Development Institution issued a requirement for a new APC to replace the Type SU 60 in 1967...
. Komatsu
Komatsu
orKomatsu is a multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment, Industrial equipments such as press machines, lasers, and thermoelectric generators.Its headquarters is at 2-3-6, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan...
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.
As of 2001 Japan reported to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs is a department of the United Nations Secretariat established in January 1998 as the Department for Disarmament Affairs as part of the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's plan to reform the UN as presented in his report to the General Assembly in...
that 61 Type 75s were in service as well as 13 wind measurement vehicles. It is being gradually replaced by American designed license-built 227 mm M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System is an armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher; a type of rocket artillery.Since the first M270s were delivered to the U.S. Army in 1983, the MLRS has been adopted by several NATO countries. Some 1,300 M270 systems have been manufactured in the...
. 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.