Originally Posted by
Modern Elmo
MLRS - From my restricted point of view appears to be a nice to have rather than must have. Any artillery guys on PPRuNe can comment?
In order to get more GMLRS, all new MLRS production is being switched to GMLRS, and a retrofit kit, that will turn unguided MLRS rockets into GMLRS, has been introduced. The army believes that GMLRS will remain the most useful smart weapon, even with the coming introduction of the hundred pound 155mm GPS guided Excalibur artillery shell, and the U.S. Air Force's 250 pound JDAM (the SDB, or small diameter bomb). ...
They have GMLRS on the full spec kit, the LIMAWS(R) is a 6 shot version that can be deployed by C-130 or Chinook.
Some public source stuff:
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/limaws/
They cancelled the gun version last year.