With changes in modern warfare, combat vehicles must also adapt to the times. Swift, Powerful, and Versatile. These three words are the culmination of what the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is.

Despite its large stature, the HIMARS is actually quite the swift vehicle. The vehicle is able to travel up to the speed of 94km/h and with a full tank, can cover up to a maximum of 480 km! The vehicle is also able to cross wet terrains with depth of up to 0.76m.

The HIMARS also carries a single pod of six Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) rockets and is designed to launch the entire MLRS family of munitions. Each rocket has a travel distance of up to 70km, making escape from it extremely difficult. Even the preparations for firing are swift, taking only 20 seconds to ready the rockets and being able to fire all of them within 45 seconds.

Perhaps the most striking feature of the HIMARS, surprisingly, lies not in actually striking the enemy, but in its Battlefield Management System (BMS). What the BMS does is to allow the HIMARS to quickly send signals back to the command post, and in turn to multiple land and air vehicles. What this allows is for allied vehicles to quickly get the information and key points of the entire battlefield. The strike teams are then able to formulate strategies in order to best deal with the enemies, be it through focus fire tactics or sequential elimination

Technical Specifications
Weight: 13592kg
Length: 6.94m
Width: 2.44m
Height: 3.18m
Wheel Base: 2.90m
Crew Size: 3