{{Short description|Romanian/Israeli multiple rocket launcher}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox Weapon | name = LAROM | image = File:LAROM - DAC 26410 - 01.jpg | caption = LAROM MLRS at the 2009 National Day Parade | origin = Romania, Israel | type = Multiple Rocket Launcher | service = 2001 - present | used_by = Romanian Land Forces | number = 54 | production_date = 1999- | is_vehicle = yes | crew = 4 | length = 7.35 m | width = 2.40 m | height = 3.10 m | weight = 13.7 tonnes | armour = | primary_armament = 26×LAR Mk.4 160mm rockets or 40×122mm rockets | secondary_armament = | engine = | engine_power = 410 hp | suspension = | speed = | pw_ratio = | vehicle_range = | image_size = 300 }}
The '''LAROM''' is a Romanian native-made, highly mobile, multiple rocket launcher, in service with the Romanian Land Forces, built in collaboration with Israel.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Romanian LAROM MLRS |url=https://tanknutdave.com/the-romanian-larom-mlrs/ |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=TankNutDave.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
It was influenced by the BM-21 Grad 122 mm multiple rocket launcher (MRL) system which entered service with the Soviet Army in 1963 also utilizing a six-by-six truck chassis fitted with a bank of 40 122mm launch tubes arranged in a rectangular shape that can be turned away from the unprotected cabin.
==Armament== The LAROM standard launch pod containers hold 20 GRAD (122 mm) rockets or 13 LAR Mk. IV (160 mm) rockets, with two pods on a launcher.<ref name=":0" />
The GRAD 122 mm rocket is utilised to suppress and annihilate concentrated targets. It has an 18 kg high-explosive warhead, a range of approximately 20 km and can be fired in salvos of up to 2 rounds per second.<ref name=":0" />
The LAR Mk. IV 160 mm rockets employ composite solid propellants. The rocket is spin-stabilizing in flight via wraparound stabilizing fins deployed upon rocket exiting launcher. The Mk IV rocket is capable of taking various warheads and commonly fitted with either a HE-COFRAM type or a Cluster munition warhead. The cluster warhead operates by a remotely set electronic time-fuse which opens the bomblet canister at the calculated height to give area coverage of about 31,400 m<sup>2</sup> for each cluster warhead. The LAR Mk IV has a minimum range of 10 km and maximum range of 45 km and can be fired in salvos of up to 1 round every 1.8 seconds.
== Operators == {{ROM}} − 54<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms) |url=https://www.unroca.org/en/romania/report/2022/ |access-date=2026-03-22 |website=www.unroca.org}}</ref> modernized systems in service, all operated by the 8th Mixed Artillery Brigade.
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:LAROM MRL during the Romanian National Day military parade 2.jpeg|Older version of LAROM MLRS on DAC-665T chassis File:LAROM - DAC 26410 - 01.jpg|LAROM MLRS on ROMAN 26.410 chassis File:LAROM - DAC 26410 - 02.jpg|LAROM MLRS on ROMAN 26.410 chassis File:LAROM - DAC 26410 - 03.jpg|LAROM MLRS on ROMAN 26.410 chassis File:LAROM - DAC 26410 - 04.jpg|LAROM MLRS on ROMAN 26.410 chassis </gallery>
==See also== *{{lwc|LAR-160}} *{{lwc|BM-21 Grad}} *{{lwc|RM-70 multiple rocket launcher}} *{{lwc|M-77 Oganj}} *{{lwc|T-122 Sakarya}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.mapn.ro/eveniment/2007/200707/20070714/documentar.doc LAROM's description on Romanian Ministry of Defense official website]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Category:Rocket artillery Category:Artillery of Romania Category:Multiple rocket launchers
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