Weapon tag archive

Rocket Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 24 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Rocket, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

24 weapon systems

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Rocket Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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9M542 extended-range high-explosive rocket, 300 mm extended-range high-explosive fragmentation rocket, MunitionsMunitions9M542 extended-range high-explosive rocket300 mm extended-range high-explosive fragmentation rocketSide: UnknownBuilt: NPO Splav / RussiaThe 9M542 is a Russian 300 mm extended-range high-explosive fragmentation rocket projectile for the 9K58 Smerch family. Missilery describes it as a deep upgrade of the 9M55K with an inseparable HE-fragmentation head, 820 kg launch mass, 150 kg warhead, and 40 to 120 km range, while Rostec later listed it as ammunition used in Smerch launchers produced by Splav.
Thermobaric warhead, Thermobaric payload, MunitionsMunitionsThermobaric warheadThermobaric payloadSide: UnknownBuilt: Various manufacturers / Multiple countriesA thermobaric warhead is a munition payload type rather than a complete weapon. ARES describes thermobaric munitions as payloads that use ambient oxygen to produce a longer-duration, high-temperature blast with lower peak pressure than conventional HE, usually with little primary fragmentation. Reporting on the AQ-400 Scythe also describes a thermobaric warhead as a standard payload option.
5-inch rockets, Unguided 5-inch rocket family, MunitionsMunitions5-inch rocketsUnguided 5-inch rocket familySide: UnknownBuilt: Hunter-Douglas Div., Bridgeport Brass Co. / United StatesThe 5-inch rockets family covers U.S. air-to-surface rockets from the World War II HVAR, also called Holy Moses, through the later Zuni 5-inch FFAR. Smithsonian sources describe the HVAR as an effective Navy weapon that remained operational until 1955, while the Zuni entered service around 1958 with folding fins and continued in use into the 1980s. AV-8B inventory documentation still lists 5-inch rockets among the Harrier's air-to-ground stores.

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Rocket Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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