The German company MBDA Germany has demonstrated a modular transport and launch container for launching JFS-M cruise missiles.

Clemens Speer, an observer of the German Armed Forces, reported on this.

The JFS-M was demonstrated in a transport and launch container mounted on a EuroPULS wheeled multiple launch rocket system.

The missile is being developed within the program to develop a low-cost, long-range missile for use with the Puls MLRS, the US M270, and HIMARS. The developed transport and launch container is designed for two missiles. In turn, two TLCs are capable of carrying up to 4 JFS-M missiles.

The missile is being developed as part of the German BatCat program, which was launched in 2012 and was intended to improve the capabilities of German artillery.

The main requirements during development were to keep the product’s price low, make it modular so that it could be used with existing multiple-launch rocket systems, and have a long range.

Since then, the program has been partially suspended due to a lack of funding and certain goals. Already in March 2021, the German Ministry of Defense launched the program again, with MBDA Germany as the main developer.

The developed missile was equipped with a turbojet engine, which ensured a maximum flight speed of up to 1000 km/h and a maximum flight range of up to 500 km. The missile is guided by an infrared camera and GPS.

The missile’s combat weight is 300 kg, of which 80 kg is the warhead. In addition to MBDA Germany, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik-GmbH (ESG) participated in the development.


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이 미사일 시스템은 미국 M270 및 하이마스와 함께 저비용 장거리 타격 미사일을 개발하기 위한 프로그램의 일환으로 추진되고 있으며,

개발된 발사 컨테이너는 2개의 TLC 또는 4개의 JFS-M 미사일을 탑재할 수 있다고 함.

미사일의 최대 사거리는 500km, 최고속도는 시속 1,000km라고 함.

타격 순항미사일 임무 외에도 정찰용, 전자전용, 미끼용, 훈련용 등으로 사용될 수 있도록 개발될거라고함.