Place of origin Argentina Used by Argentine Army Manufacturer DGFM | In service since 1980s Designer CITEFA | |
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Type Rocket artillery – Multiple rocket launcher | ||
The SLAM (Sistema Lanzacohetes de Artillería Múltiple – or Multiple Rocket Launcher System) "Pampero" is an Argentinian multiple rocket launcher (a type of rocket artillery) from Cold War and modern eras. It is usually mounted on the chassis of an all-terrain Mercedes-Benz Unimog 4x4 vehicle to provide mobility, in a similar way to the soviet Katyushas.
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Development
The SLAM "Pampero" MRL was developed by CITEFA in 1980-1983, and was subsequently manufactured during the early 1980s by the DGFM “Fabrica Militar Fray Luis Beltran” in Rosario, Argentina. It is composed by a 16-tube launcher mounted on an Unimog 416 4x4 truck. The ammunition consists of 105mm "Pampero" artillery rockets, also developed by CITEFA, which can be armed with a variety of warheads. A total of five "Pampero" launchers on UNIMOG 416 chassis were built for the Argentine Army in 1983 (one of them the prototype and the others four for actual use)
Service history
The self-propelled variant is currently in service with the Argentine Army artillery branch.
It is now being replaced with the new CP-30 MRL, which is able to use either the 105mm rockets from the Pampero or the new 127mm rockets, also called CP-30.
Variants
Rocket
(NOTE: some specifications differ slightly from source to source)