MGM-140 ATACMS
«Army Tactical Missile System»
BallisticSRBM — short range (<1000 km)United States1991In service
US tactical SRBM fired from MLRS/HIMARS, Block IVA variant with 300 km range and unitary warhead.
Ballistic//SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
ID — MGM-140-ATACMSUnited States · Lockheed Martin
MGM-140 ATACMS
Army Tactical Missile System
US tactical SRBM fired from MLRS/HIMARS, Block IVA variant with 300 km range and unitary warhead.
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Identity
- Designation
- MGM-140 ATACMS
- Alias
- Army Tactical Missile System
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 1991
- Category
- Ballistic
- All sub-types
- SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 300 km
- Top speed
- Mach 3
- Guidance
- INS + GPS
- Warhead
- WAU-23/B unitaria HE 227 kg (sostituisce M74 APAM cluster)
- CEP
- 9 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- M270 MLRS / M142 HIMARS (1 missile per pod)
- Length
- 4 m
- Launch weight
- 1670 kg
- Unit cost
- 1.5 M USD
Production & inventory
- Annual production
- ≈500/anno (linea riaperta nel 2023, Camden Arkansas)
- Estimated inventory
- ≈3.700 prodotti complessivi (1991-2024)
- Unit cost
- 1.5 M USD
Combat use
- ▸Gulf War 1991 — 32 launches against Iraqi C2 nodes and SAMs.
- ▸Iraq 2003 — over 450 launches in support of the invasion.
- ▸Ukraine 2023-2024 — strikes on Berdyansk and Luhansk airfields and S-400 sites in Crimea.
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Dual-use
Main operators
United StatesUkrainePolandAustraliaSouth KoreaRomania
History
Developed in the 1980s to replace Lance, ATACMS entered service in 1991 and debuted in the Gulf War with 32 launches against Iraqi SAM batteries and logistics.
Over 3,700 rounds were produced between 2003 and 2014; the line reopened after Ukraine donations and PrSM started replacing it from 2024.
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