Pampero MRL


The SLAM "Pampero" is an Argentinian multiple rocket launcher from Cold War and modern eras.

Development

The SLAM "Pampero" MRL was developed by CITEFA in 1980-1983, and was subsequently manufactured during the early 1980s by the DGFM “Fabrica Militar Fray Luis Beltran” in Rosario, Argentina. It is composed by a 16-tube launcher mounted on an Unimog 416 4x4 truck. The ammunition consists of 105mm "Pampero" artillery rockets, also developed by CITEFA, which can be armed with a variety of warheads. A total of five "Pampero" launchers on UNIMOG 416 chassis were built for the Argentine Army in 1983.

Service history

The self-propelled variant is currently in service with the Argentine Army artillery branch.
Production progressed to the CP-30 MRL, which is able to use either the 105mm rockets from the Pampero or the new 127mm rockets, also called CP-30. This MRL is mounted in IVECO Trakker 6x4 trucks, in a similar way to the soviet Katyushas.

Variants

Rocket