Mehrfachraketenwerferschwerlastkraftwagen I

The Mehrfachraketenwerferschwerlastkraftwagen I, abbreviated as MfRwSLKW I is a multiple launch rocket system that was developed by Waffenschmiederei Ludwigshafen using the reinforced chassis of a OMW Handelsmann Schwere Ausführung from Osthügel Motorenwerke together with the Mehrfachraketenwerfergeschütz 600x6/1747, also developed by Waffenschmiederei Ludwigshafen.

Characteristics

The MfRwSLKW I is built on a cab-over chassis of the commercially available OMW Handelsmann Schwere Ausführung, which is powered by the OMW 5L4C 400BHP diesel engine that is standard to that vehicle. The vehicles engine bay, fuel tanks and cab have been fitted with additional armour plating of 25 millimetres thickness, the frame has been reinforced and extending beams have been installed. A system to launch multiple rockets at the same time, or in any programmable sequence, is constructed on the back of the chassis, this is usually the Mehrfachraketenwerfergeschütz 600x6/1747 (MeRaWe 600/47), but the Mehrfachraketenwerfergeschütz 80x32/1740 (MeRaWe 80/40) is compatible with the platform as well. Up to 6 rockets can be loaded in the standard MeRaWe 600/47 system, these rockets have a diameter of 600 millimetres, are fuelled with cordite and have a 3,400 grams explosive weight. The rockets of the MfRwSLKW I are guided by an inertial guidance system and have a range of 400 kilometres, the lack of more advanced guidance system helps to make them more affordable, so that the federation can afford to overwhelm hostile anti-missile defence systems.

Nuclear capability

During the development of the MfRwSLKW I, engineers were asked to design a system that could be used for tactical nuclear missiles, should the Confoederatio Aemilia leave the Dorado Convention in the future. However, the federation did not develop any actual nuclear weapons capability.