Missile vehicle

Long missiles are commonly transported parallel to the ground on these vehicles, and then elevated into an inclined or vertical position for launching.

In turn, the United States produced the T34 Calliope missile-launching vehicle in limited quantities by attaching a multiple-missile battery atop an M4 Sherman.

[6] These multiple missile batteries are also pivoted upwards for launching and the launcher in some cases can be rotated around on the chassis (or platform) of the truck.

[7] The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, used in the United States and several other countries, uses a tractor crawler drive instead of conventional pneumatic tires.

Other examples of Soviet MRLs include the BM-21 Grad, BM-27 Uragan, and BM-30 Smerch, which use pneumatic tires and tubular missile canisters and are also used by various other countries.

In the former Soviet Union and now in Russia, missile vehicles commonly appear in Victory Day Parades in Moscow's Red Square.

A Russian Strategic Rocket Forces MZKT-79221 missile vehicle carrying an RT-2PM2 Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile
A United States Army M139D 5-ton 6×6 missile vehicle carrying an MGR-1 Honest John
German MAN KAT A1 with Patriot missile launcher. Note outriggers at side and rear extended for launching.