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The Mark 26 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) was a United States Navy fully automated system that stows, handles, and launches a variety of missiles. The system supported RIM-66 Standard , RUR-5 ASROC , and potentially other weapons. [ 1 ]
In the United States Navy, the Mark 13 launcher was most typically employed as part of the Mark 74 Guided Missile Launch System, or the Mark 92 Fire Control System.Though the launcher was original armament on U.S. Navy Perry-class frigates (and their derivatives), in order to save costs on an obsolete system, by 2004 all active U.S. Navy vessels have had the system removed. [3]
The Mark 11 guided missile launching system (GMLS) is a twin-arm missile launcher designed for use on frigates and other military vessels. The launcher could use the RIM-24 Tartar or RIM-66 Standard MR missile and was used on Albany-class cruisers and the first thirteen Charles F. Adams-class destroyers. The destroyers had one launcher at the ...
US Army Manual, TC 23-2, 66 mm rocket launcher M202A1, April 1978 TM 3-1055-456-12 M202A1 Operator's Manual. U.S. patent 4,230,509 : Pyrophoric flame composition
Twin-arm launcher for RIM-24 Tartar or RIM-66 Standard missile. Used on Albany-class cruisers and the first thirteen Charles F. Adams-class destroyers. The New Threat Upgrade added the ability to launch RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Mk 12 Twin-arm launcher for the RIM-8 Talos missile. Employed below main deck magazines.
Originally, the system was only intended to fire the RIM-66 Standard missile, but the height of the Mk 41 was increased to accommodate the larger Tomahawk missile. [2] The prototype for the launcher was tested and evaluated on board USS Norton Sound. The first operational launcher was installed aboard USS Bunker Hill. [2]
The missile carries the 500-pound (230 kg) WDU-18/B penetrating high explosive blast fragmentation warhead of the US Navy's Harpoon anti-ship missile, which was packaged into the newly designed WAU-23/B warhead section. Range: 70–300 km (43–186 mi). 176 M48 were produced between 2001 and 2004, when production ceased in favor of the M57.
Missile launchers — rocket launchers for missiles, including systems for firing or launching guided missiles For military vehicles used to launch guided missiles or unguided rockets , see: Category: Self-propelled rocket launchers .