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A-100 (multiple rocket launcher)
The A-100 is a 300 mm (12 in), 10-tube multiple rocket launcher developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
The system was not deployed with the Chinese military after losing an internal bidding competition; however, the system was exported to Pakistan.
In the 1980s, the People's Liberation Army Ground Force planned to procure long-range multiple rocket launchers and explored options from several Chinese military corporations. Four companies bid in the competition:
In the end, the AR-1 multiple rocket launcher system was chosen by the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, which received designation PHL-03. After the competition, these companies started to export their products. China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) did not participate in the bidding process due to time constraints, but CASIC revealed its first MLRS design, SY-400, in the Zhuhai Airshow 2008.
The CALT planned to develop a reverse-engineered BM-30 Smerch, similar to the technical approach done by the AR-1 system. To set itself apart from the competition, CALT implemented the gyroscope in the rockets for an accurate, guided strike. However, the integration of the gyroscope was unsatisfactory during the test, resulting in a lower accuracy compared to the winner, AR-1 (PHL-03); thus, the A-100 system was not chosen by the PLA.
To export the product, CALT cut down the unnecessary guidance system to the rockets, making the A-100 rocket affordable to the developing countries.
By 2015, Pakistan had approximately 60 A-100E vehicles delivers by China. On 4 January 2019, the Pakistan Army officially inducted an locally-developed version of the A-100 rocket into its Artillery Regiment Corps, with the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) framing the system as an indigenous development designed to enhance firepower.
The A-100 fires 300 mm solid propellant rockets, with a firing range of 40~100 km. The A-100 rocket is 7.3m in length, weighs 840 kg, carries a 235 kg warhead, and is stabilised by spin, thrust, and stabilising fins. It is fitted with a warhead containing 500 HE-FRAG (High Explosive Fragmentation) anti-armour/personnel submunitions. The submunition can penetrate 50mm of armour, and has a blast radius of 7m. The submunitions have a spreading radius of 100 +/- 40 metres.
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A-100 (multiple rocket launcher)
The A-100 is a 300 mm (12 in), 10-tube multiple rocket launcher developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
The system was not deployed with the Chinese military after losing an internal bidding competition; however, the system was exported to Pakistan.
In the 1980s, the People's Liberation Army Ground Force planned to procure long-range multiple rocket launchers and explored options from several Chinese military corporations. Four companies bid in the competition:
In the end, the AR-1 multiple rocket launcher system was chosen by the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, which received designation PHL-03. After the competition, these companies started to export their products. China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) did not participate in the bidding process due to time constraints, but CASIC revealed its first MLRS design, SY-400, in the Zhuhai Airshow 2008.
The CALT planned to develop a reverse-engineered BM-30 Smerch, similar to the technical approach done by the AR-1 system. To set itself apart from the competition, CALT implemented the gyroscope in the rockets for an accurate, guided strike. However, the integration of the gyroscope was unsatisfactory during the test, resulting in a lower accuracy compared to the winner, AR-1 (PHL-03); thus, the A-100 system was not chosen by the PLA.
To export the product, CALT cut down the unnecessary guidance system to the rockets, making the A-100 rocket affordable to the developing countries.
By 2015, Pakistan had approximately 60 A-100E vehicles delivers by China. On 4 January 2019, the Pakistan Army officially inducted an locally-developed version of the A-100 rocket into its Artillery Regiment Corps, with the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) framing the system as an indigenous development designed to enhance firepower.
The A-100 fires 300 mm solid propellant rockets, with a firing range of 40~100 km. The A-100 rocket is 7.3m in length, weighs 840 kg, carries a 235 kg warhead, and is stabilised by spin, thrust, and stabilising fins. It is fitted with a warhead containing 500 HE-FRAG (High Explosive Fragmentation) anti-armour/personnel submunitions. The submunition can penetrate 50mm of armour, and has a blast radius of 7m. The submunitions have a spreading radius of 100 +/- 40 metres.