PHL-03

PHL-03 is a 12-tube 300 mm long-range multiple rocket launcher of the People’s Republic of China .
PHL-03 main purpose is to engage strategic targets like a large concentrations of troops, airfields, command centres, air defense batteries, and support facilities.
Sometimes PHL-03 also used to engage in counter battery fire missions.
The PHL-03 has 12 launch tubes for 300 mm artillery rockets, along with a computerized fire control system (FCS) incorporating GPS/GLONASS/Beidou.
A standard weight for each rocket is 800 kg with a 280 kg warhead.
Then its weight is more than 10 tons on weapons system alone, but it can reach maximum speed at 60km/hour. Quite fast for a big bad military asset vehicle.
Maximum firing range is around 70 – 130 km (depends on warhead type). So you could fooling around, suspecting nothing, and then, boom, some big rockets exploded on your roof.
Standard warheads are High Explosive Fragmentation (HE-FRAG), fuel-air explosive, and cluster warheads with anti-armor and anti-personnel submunitions. Cluster warheads can also carry self-targeting anti-tank munitions.
A full salvo of this system could potentially cover an area of up to 67 hectares. Yes, almost none can escape the salvo unscathed.
Mass | 43 t |
Length | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
Width | 3 m (10 ft) |
Height | 3 m (10 ft) |
Crew | 4 |
Engine | diesel engine |
Suspension | 8×8 wheeled |
Operational | 650 km (400 mi) |
Maximum speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |
Caliber | 300 mm (12 in) |
Barrels | 12 |