Light Artillery Rocket System
The Light Artillery Rocket System (or LARS) is a series of West German vehicle mounted multi-barrel rocket launchers designed for rapid concentration of fire on designated targets. The rockets are of 110 mm caliber. The usual mounting was a lightly armoured Magirus or MAN 6x6 truck.
Also recorded as LARS · Light Artillery Rocket System (LARS)
Light Artillery Rocket System
Lothar Schaack · Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F029231-0003 / Schaack, Lothar / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Name
- Light Artillery Rocket System
- Field
- multiple rocket launcher
- Region
- West Germany
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
The Light Artillery Rocket System (or LARS) is a series of West German vehicle mounted multi-barrel rocket launchers designed for rapid concentration of fire on designated targets. The rockets are of 110 mm caliber. The usual mounting was a lightly armoured Magirus or MAN 6x6 truck.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Light Artillery Rocket System. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q526033 · wikipedia · Light Artillery Rocket System
In this article
Overview
Overview
36 rockets were mounted in two clusters of 18. The weapon entered service in 1969 and was phased out by 1998 and replaced by the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. • Illustration — Firing LARS II.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Light Artillery Rocket System • Origin — West Germany • Type — Multiple rocket launcher • Is Ranged — yes • Is Explosive — yes • Is Artillery — yes • Is Vehicle — Aluminum • Service — 1969–2000 • Used By — See Operators • Production Date — 1969 • Variants — LARS II • Weight — 15000 kg • Length — 7.8 m • Width — 2.5 m • Height — 2.9 m • Crew — 3 • Cartridge — Length: 2.26 m Weight: 35 kg • Caliber — 110 mm • Rate — 36 rounds in 18 seconds • Velocity — 640 m/s • Max Range — 14 km • Elevation — 0° to 55° • Traverse — 105° • Filling Weight — 17.3 kg • Armour — Aluminum • Primary Armament — 36 barrels • Secondary Armament — One roof mounted Rheinmetall MG 3 • Engine — 8-cylinder multi-fuel • Engine Power — 178 HP at 2,300 rpm • Suspension — Wheeled 6x6 chassis • Vehicle Range — 500 km • Speed — 73.6 km/h
Former operators
Former operators
* *
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.http://www.bits.de/public/researchreport/rr95-1-2.htm#AT1 Anti-Panzermine AT-1 und AT-2
- 2.Sieg Heul in: Der Spiegel 20/1968, 13. Mai 1968
- 3.Oberst a. D. Hans Homann: Ein Streifzug durch die Geschichte der Rakete und der Raketenartillerie auf www.artilleriekunde.de (pdf)
- 4.Abkürzungen für den Gebrauch in der Bundeswehr – Deutsche Abkürzungen – ZDv 64/10. 1979-01-19.
- 5.Funktion und Einsatz FERA
- 6.Gefährliche alte Raketen: Explosives Problem bei der Bundeswehr. Bericht vom 7. Januar 2022 auf tagesschau.de.
- 7.Konstantin von Hammerstein: Die Bundeswehr hat wieder mal ein Problem – nun sind es schwitzende Raketen. In: Der Spiegel 2/2022.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
Connections
Knowledge graph
Connections
Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.
Broader subject
1- multiple rocket launcherTerminology
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Militaria
6,095 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- LGM-25C Titan IITerminology
- LGM-30 MinutemanTerminology
- LiberatorTerminology
- licorneTerminology
- Light BladeTerminology
- light gas gunTerminology
- light machine gunTerminology
- light-weight combat vehicle systemTerminology
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Light Artillery Rocket System?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.