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M26 rocket

Country of Origin: USA

The M26 rocket weighs 675 lb (306 kg), is almost 13 ft (4 m) long and has a diameter of 9 in (0.227 m). The warhead itself weighs 344 lb (156 kg). It is often used and fired by artillery systems such as the U.S. Army's M270 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS).

The warhead has a shelf life of 20 years. The warhead on the M26 has an aluminum skin that carries 644 M77 dual-purpose improved conventional munition (DPICM) shape-charged blast fragmentation bomblets that each weigh 0.47...

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