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This 240-Rocket Semi Truck Means Business
Popular Mechanics ^ | March 28, 2017 | Kyle Mizokami

Posted on 03/29/2017 10:42:23 AM PDT by C19fan

Sometimes one or two rockets just won't do, and you need 239 or 240. That's the thinking behind the Jobari Defense Systems Multiple Cradle Launcher (MCL). Developed in the United Arab Emirates, MCL can ripple fire more than two hundred rockets at some unfortunate target, saturating an area with tens of thousands of lethal steel balls.

The MCL consists of an Oshkosh Defense 6×6 Heavy Equipment Transporter—known in the US Army as the M1070 HET. The M1070 is used by the Army to haul Abrams tanks, and towards that end has eight wheels and a 700 horsepower Caterpillar six cylinder turbocharged diesel engine.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: barragerocket; katusha; mlrs; rockets
Hate to be under that rocket barrage.
1 posted on 03/29/2017 10:42:23 AM PDT by C19fan
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I'm sure it would make for some nice secondary explosions when it takes a hit.

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2 posted on 03/29/2017 10:54:24 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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....and the rockets red glare,


3 posted on 03/29/2017 11:07:13 AM PDT by Delta 21 (The minority demands NOTHING !)
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Hey, give BiBi a clue that these bastids may be coming his way soon,


4 posted on 03/29/2017 11:19:02 AM PDT by batterycommander (I learned my Artillery skills from the United States Marines. USNA 65)
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Only 240 ? The truck that size should be able to drag 3 times that many.


5 posted on 03/29/2017 12:23:47 PM PDT by onona (Keeping the faith will be our new directive for the republic !)
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Hate to be under that rocket barrage.

We should have that on our southern border. Dropping the barrage just short of the USA/Mexico border, would discourage illegals from crossing.

6 posted on 03/29/2017 1:17:26 PM PDT by roadcat
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A battletruck with 4 turrets.


7 posted on 03/29/2017 1:46:11 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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Proudly manufactured by ACME, Inc. BEEP BEEP!


8 posted on 03/30/2017 8:38:20 AM PDT by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
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