Fajr-3 (artillery rocket)

Fajr-3
Fajr-3
	A Fajr-3 on a Mercedes 2631 chassis in 2018, followed by its predecessor, the M-1985.
Type	Rocket artillery
Place of origin	Iran
Service history
In service	1996–present
Used by	Iran; Syria; Hezbollah; Hamas
Wars	2006 Lebanon War; Syrian Civil War
Production history
Manufacturer	Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group
Produced	1990 or 1996 – ?
Specifications
Mass	15,000 kg (launcher); 45 kg (HE content); 90 kg (warhead); 407 kg (rocket)
Length	10 m (launcher) ; 5,200 mm (rocket)
Width	2.5 m (launcher)
Height	3.34 m (launcher)
Diameter	240mm
Caliber	240 mm
Elevation	0 to 57 degrees
Traverse	90 degrees left/100 degrees right
Rate of fire	4–8 seconds; 12 rounds in 48-96 seconds (est)
Maximum firing range	43 km
Engine	280 hp, V-8 liquid-cooled, diesel engine
Maximum speed	60 km/h (road); 25 km/h (off-road)

The Fajr-3 (rarely Fadjr-3^[5]) (Persian: فجر-۳) is an Iranian heavy 240 mm intermediate-range^[6] multiple-launch artillery rocket (MLRS).^[4] The Fajr-3 is a license-built copy, with slight modifications, of a North Korean MLRS called the M-1985.^[7] The Fajr-3 was introduced in the 1990s and has since been exported to Syria, Hamas and Hezbollah.

The Fajr-3 launcher fires twelve 5.2 meter long, 240 millimeter-calibre Fajr-3 artillery rockets, with a range of 43 kilometres, weighing 407 kilograms each and carrying 90-kilogram fragmentation warheads with 45 kg of high explosive (HE). Fajr means 'dawn' in Arabic.

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^ Johnson, David E., Hard Fighting: Israel in Lebanon and Gaza. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2011. p. 51. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1085.html Archived 2018-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Also available in print form.
^ James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (February 2006). "Iran: Missile Capabilities, Long-Range Artillery Rocket Programs". Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). Archived from the original on 13 August 2006.

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[5] "Fighting vehicle Fadjr-3 | Missilery.info".

[6] Johnson, David E., Hard Fighting: Israel in Lebanon and Gaza. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2011. p. 51. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1085.html Archived 2018-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Also available in print form.

[7] James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (February 2006). "Iran: Missile Capabilities, Long-Range Artillery Rocket Programs". Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). Archived from the original on 13 August 2006.

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