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Originally Posted by kevineduguay1
Just a question. Do any of these MLRS realy have smoke rounds in real life? It would seem to me to be a big waste of a guided weapon.
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German WW2 name was nebelwerfer - and as with many so-called "smoke" or "chemical" troops of the day, a major design point for these weapons was gas weapons delivery. (US 4.2 inch mortar was designed as a chemicals delivery system).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_mortar_battalion
Many post-war were still seen as good systems if you needed to slime the enemy. They deliver a lot of thin-walled high capacity unguided warheads in a salvo, and gas likes that so as to build up lethal doses rather quickly.
MLRS typically use unguided rounds - the more modern guided systems are a rarity amongst barrage rocket systems. And since they will not be rippling off a shotgun like barrage of these, then not really MLRS, just a carrier for several guided missiles.
Andy