Mobile launcher vehicle

Soviet ZIL-135 launcher vehicle

A mobile launcher vehicle is a type of Missile vehicle on a multi-wheel-drive or tracked chassis carrying one or more ground-to-ground or ground-to-air explosive missiles, along with the personnel and equipment needed to prepare, organize, and execute a launch of such missiles.

Purpose of mobility:

• going to a suitable launch location
• being less easy to locate by the enemy, hence less vulnerable

Examples

• ZIL-135  Soviet Union/ Russia
• RT-2PM2 Topol-M (roadless terrain ICBM)  Soviet Union/ Russia
• RT-23 Molodets (railway car ICBM)  Soviet Union/ Russia
• MGR-1 Honest John  United States
• Meillerwagen Germany

See also

• Transporter erector launcher, including those used in conjunction with SCUD missiles
• Submarine-launched ballistic missiles