C3 Howitzer Replacement

[Kirkhill]

@FJAG

I found his reference to the 122mm rocket interesting - I believe that is the old BM21-Katyusha round.

The principal drawback of Iron Dome is its cost. The Katyusha rockets favored by Hamas and Hezbollah typically cost about $300 a round, while the Iron Dome’s Tamir missiles cost anywhere from $20,000 to $100,000 each, depending on whose numbers are being quoted.

Iron Dome | Air & Space Forces Magazine

Israel’s defensive system brings strategic and psychological protection from rocket attacks.

www.airandspaceforces.com

Israeli-Made Bolt-On Kit Turns 122mm 'Grad' Artillery Rockets Into Precision Weapons

The multi-mode guidance package could be a particularly cost-effective upgrade for any country still using derivatives of the Soviet-era system.

www.twz.com

M1156 Precision Guidance Kit - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I assume that the Israeli EPIK kit is analogous to the US M1156 with a unit cost of US$13,541

 

[AmmoTech90]

I found his reference to the 122mm rocket interesting - I believe that is the old BM21-Katyusha round.

Katusha is short hand for any Soviet/Russian MRLS system, originally truck mounted.
BM21 are GRAD, or other version, from Iran, Arash.
The $300 ones are mass produced, but in an ad hoc manner from water pipes or similiar material. Their propellant is not produced in what we would call a factory and their payload is often repurposed explosives. The calibre Rangers from under 100mm to some under 200mm. Larger rockets are supplied by Ian and Syria.

 

[FJAG]

Technically Grad and Katyusha refer to the launchers. Katyusha referred to the initial pre WW2 BM-13 but then - like the term Kleenex - was applied to various versions of it like the BM 8 and 31 and even later systems and their rockets. The initial rockets - the M13 and M8 - were 132mm and 82mm in diameter respectively.

The BM-21 Grad went into service in 1963 using the M-21 series of 122mm rocket system.

No idea about the Israeli's guidance package

 

[AmmoTech90]

True, should have said Katusha/GRAD rocket.