Fajr-3
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This article is about the multiple-launch artillery rocket. For other uses, see Fajr-3 (disambiguation).
The Fajr-3 (rarely Fadjr-3[5]) (Persian: فجر-۳) is an Iranian heavy 240 mm intermediate-range[6] multiple-launch artillery rocket (MLRS).[4] The Fajr-3 is a license-built copy, with slight modifications, of a North Korean MLRS called the M-1985.[7] The Fajr-3 was introduced in the 1990s and has since been exported to Hamas and Hezbollah.
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Fajr-3 | |
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Type | Rocket artillery |
Place of origin | Iran |
Service history | |
In service | 1996–present |
Used by | Iran |
Wars | 2006 Lebanon War Syrian Civil War |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group[1] |
Produced | 1990 or 1996 – ? |
Specifications | |
Mass | 15,000 kg (launcher) 45 kg (HE content) 90 kg (warhead) 407 kg (rocket) |
Length | 10 m (launcher)[2] 5,200 mm (rocket) |
Width | 2.5 m (launcher)[2] |
Height | 3.34 m (launcher)[2] |
Diameter | 240mm |
Caliber | 240 mm |
Elevation | 0 to 57 degrees[2] |
Traverse | 90 degrees left/100 degrees right[2] |
Rate of fire | 4–8 seconds[2] 12 rounds in 48-96 seconds (est)[3] |
Maximum firing range | 43 km[2] |
Engine | 280 hp, V-8 liquid-cooled, diesel engine[4] |
Maximum speed | 60 km/h (road) 25 km/h (off-road)[4] |
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The Fajr-3 launcher fires twelve 5.2 meter long, 240 millimeter-calibre Fajr-3 artillery rockets, with a range of 43 kilometres, weighing 407 kilograms each and carrying 90-kilogram fragmentation warheads with 45 kg of high explosive (HE). Fajr means 'dawn' in Arabic.