Fajr-5

Fajr-5
A Fajr-5 MLRS on a Mercedes Benz 2631 chassis
Type	Rocket artillery
Place of origin	Iran
Service history
Used by	See Operators
Wars	Israeli–Palestinian conflict Syrian Civil War
Production history
No. built	somewhere around 100 systems[1]
Specifications
Mass	15,000 kg (launcher, empty)[2] 90 kg (HE content) 175 kg (warhead) 915 kg (rocket)[3]
Length	10.00 m (launcher)[a] 6.485 m (rocket)[2]
Width	2.5 m (launcher)[2]
Height	3.34 m (launcher)[3]
Caliber	333 mm
Elevation	0 to 57 degrees[3]
Traverse	45 degrees left and right[3]
Rate of fire	4–8 seconds[3]
Effective firing range	68–75 km
Maximum speed	1,100 m/s (max)[2]

The Fajr-5 (rarely Fadjr-5,^[4] Persian: فجر-۵, "Dawn") is an Iranian 333 mm long-range multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). The Fajr-5 was developed during the 1990s and has since been exported to various armed actors in the Middle East.

The Fajr-5 launcher fires four 6.48 meter long, 333 millimeter-calibre Fajr-5 artillery rockets, with a range of 75 kilometers (50 mi), weighing 915 kilograms each and carrying 175-kg fragmentation warheads with 90 kg of high explosive (HE). Most Fajr-5 rockets are unguided; in 2017 Iran introduced a variant, the Fajr-5C, which adds GPS guidance.

The Fajr-5 is primarily used by the Iranian Army Ground Force to attack large, fixed, high-value targets, like airfields and military bases.^[2] In addition, the system is also used by militant groups to target Israel. Finally, the system has a niche role in use by the IRGC-N as an unguided anti-ship rocket system for the Persian Gulf.

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