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]] ]] A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) is a type of unguided Rocket Artillery system. Like other Rocket artillery, MRLs are less accurate and have a much lower rate of fire than batteries of traditional Artillery guns. However, they have the capability of simultaneously dropping many hundreds of kilograms of explosive, with devastating effect. HISTORY The earliest weapon bearing some resemblance to the modern concept of a ''multiple rocket launcher'' model was probably the Korean Hwacha , first deployed in 15th Century . It consisted of small pockets of gunpowder attached to arrows to power the arrows (like a rocket). Some arrows were later designed to detonate and fling iron spikes. One of the first modern multiple rocket launchers was the German Nebelwerfer of the 1930s which was essentially a small towed artillery piece. Only in the latter parts of World War II did the allies deploy similar weapons in the form of the Land Mattress . The first self-propelled multiple rocket launcher – and arguably the most famous – were the Soviet the Katyusha s, known also as ''Stalin's organs'', first used during World War II and by its allies during the Cold War . They were simple systems in which a rack of launch rails were mounted on the back of a truck. This set the template for modern multiple rocket launchers. Further developments followed this template, although the size and complexity of the vehicles and rockets (some now being guided missiles rather than rockets) and their warheads have changed. The U.S. M270 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) is one example of a modern system, also in service with several other nations. Many of these vehicles are also deployed in roles other than a strictly artillery like anti-personnel role of the originals. Modern roles includes air defence, anti-armor or even nuclear, chemical or biological attack. EXAMPLES
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