Harpsichord (EADS 90200B Multiple Rocket Launcher)

[Lead screenshot to come: the AFV family is not placed in a game scene yet.]

Primary SupplierEADS
Designation90200B Harpsichord
RoleMultiple rocket launcher

Built on the Leopard 4’s hull and turret ring. The launcher box’s lift rams rise from a basket under the ring. It is the tallest vehicle the Droopy takes: kneeling, 113 mm under her ceiling. A rear door in the rear plate opens onto the compartment behind the cab.
Length7.33 m (hull)
Width3.70 m over the skirts’ ERA, the box as wide
Height3.02 m with the box stowed, as carried
Mass emptyclassified
Mass combat66.7 tonnes (est.)
Crew2, in the front cab
Operation
DriveAs the Leopard 4: tracks with a hub motor in every road wheel, 8 stations a side, and four hardpoints for weight-relieving EM pods, with the tracks always down
EnergyBatteries, fuel cells, LH2 tanks
Road speed65 km/h (18 m/s) cruising, 108 km/h (30 m/s) flat out, and as fast in reverse
Acceleration3 m/s²
Armament60 rockets of 200 mm in 220 mm tubes, 15 across and 4 high; each about 3.06 m long, nose to nozzle, and 230 kg. The box is 3.16 m long, on a turntable on the hull’s ring that turns ±117.5°, and elevates to +90°.
Range
Point defenceTwo 12 mm tri-barrel gatlings, on the glacis and on the rear deck’s slope
ProtectionComposite armour 179 ERA blocks, radar panels. NBC, mines and IED protection

Technical drawings

Perspective drawing of the MLRS, launcher box stowed, seen from ahead and off its left side.
MLRS, launcher box stowed: three-quarter front view, perspective, not to scale.