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Jobaria Multiple Launch Rocket System | Military-Today.com

The Jobaria is the most powerful 122-mm artillery rocket system ever built. This MLRS has been developed in United Arab Emirates in cooperation with Turkey.
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Behold, the Jobaria. Discuss, analyze, and please attempt to contain your arousal. I've spent the last 20 minutes trying to figure out if it's a good idea, and I have no idea. All I know is god bless the mad lad who first seriously proposed this thing.
 
It does look a little like a prop from a zombie movie....
Efficient, yes in manpower terms, but the downside has to be all your eggs in one basket, I mean one flat and your rocket platoon is out of action, and with only 3 crew how do they guard and change the wheel?

I think 2 pods, on an 8x8 would be a better compromise, try to get the crew down to 2 men per vehicle, one flat then means you have lost 50% of your firepower.
 
Fluff said:
It does look a little like a prop from a zombie movie....
Efficient, yes in manpower terms, but the downside has to be all your eggs in one basket, I mean one flat and your rocket platoon is out of action, and with only 3 crew how do they guard and change the wheel?

I think 2 pods, on an 8x8 would be a better compromise, try to get the crew down to 2 men per vehicle, one flat then means you have lost 50% of your firepower.
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Last sentence of the article in the first post: " There is also a lighter Mini Jobaria, based on the Nimr 6x6 vehicle. It carries two pods with a total of 107 mm rockets. "
 
The article says four turrets with three pods each, for 240 rounds...but I'm seeing 3 x 2 x 19 with space reserved in every twenty round batch. The whole article reads like English was their second language.

As for the weapon itself, it seems a lot more mobility limited than a normal 6x6 or 8x8 arrange ment with a single turret/erector. And I agree with the above that it risks a mobility kill taking a platoon's worth of rocket capability offline. It seems like something the UAE or Saudis would build, although I assume the Turks had to put the lions share of the technical work.
 
Josh_TN said:
The article says four turrets with three pods each, for 240 rounds...but I'm seeing 3 x 2 x 19 with space reserved in every twenty round batch. The whole article reads like English was their second language.
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It's definitely 3 pods per turret (see attached). I think the black tubes were fired in a firepower demo before that picture was taken. The attached shows them intact.

Jobaria_Defense_Systems_Multiple_Cradle_Launcher.jpg
 
Ah, the first picture I saw was from a bad angle. It seems even less of a good idea now. :)

I suppose all those tires mean the ground pressure isn’t *that* high but I Wouldn’t want to take it off pavement...
 
It looks like a great tool to boost your ammo consumption. Which is already impressive in that part of the world...
 
dan_inbox said:
It looks like a great tool to boost your ammo consumption. Which is already impressive in that part of the world...
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Yes, 110% for showmanship, 40% for practicality. Just because you can, doesnt mean you should. Maybe North Korea would take a few?
 

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