Type 60 MLRS

The Type 60 Multiple Launch Rocket System (60式多連装導弾砲) is a Yamataian armoured. Developed from the Chiseian, the system is designed to target enemy forces in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts, and ammunition depots. It was designed in the 1990s and entered service in the Yamatai Imperial Army in 1995, replacing the 270-Type. The Type 60 uses the same rocket pods as the 270-type and uses the same ammunition resupply vehicles. In 2014, the Special Naval Landing Force also began replacing this 270-Type MLRS vehicles with Type 60 systems.

Design
Developed from the Chiseian M270 MLRS, which Sukimoto previously also produced under licence, the Sukimoto Type-60 MLRS is an indigenous Yamataian MLRS system that uses the same rocket and missile pods as the M270, simplifying logistics and allowing for the retention of the older ammunition resuppy vehicles. The main differences between the Type-60 and the M270 are the redesigned cabin, which can fit up to five crew members, an improved datalink, communications and command suite, an upgraded Vehicle Air Filtration Unit, and a new 600hp Kuroda diesel engine. The Type-60 was introduced in 1995 and has largely supplanted the M270 in most Yamataian strike artillery rentai.

From 2020, the Type-60s are being upgraded to enable improved datalink functionality under the TOSEGE Integrated Battlefield Command System. This upgrade involves attaching a laptop rack in front of the commander's position and installing an insulated cable beneath the gunner's seat to the radio rack. Costing less than 5,000 En to install using off-the-shelf components and taking about half an hour to complete, rollout of this upgrade is of course slow, and currently only 1st and 23rd Army Type-60s have received the upgrade package. Launcher commanders in units awaiting upgrade are advised to place the TOSEGE combat laptop on their laps.

Type 26 rocket
The Type 60 MLRS uses the same rocket pods and fire control system as the preceding 270-Type MLRS, and is thus capable of firing the same Type 26 rocket as the 270-Type MLRS. The majority of Type 26 rockets in Yamatai's arsenal have been upgraded to Type 26-1 or Type 26 Kai standard, and are produced locally under license by Takaoka Combined Industries.

The base Type 26 rocket carries 644 Type 77 dual-purpose improved conventional submunitions, with a range of 32 km. The Type 26-1 has a range of 45 km and carries 518 Type 85 submunitions. These rockets are often referred to as "steel rain" rockets.

The Type 26 Kai is a precision guided rocket developed by Takaoka with a range of over 70 km, with a standard load of 404 Type 85 submunitions. Variants of the Type 26 Kai replace the submunitions with high explosives or bunker-penetrating shaped charges.

There is also an inert training rocket, the Type 27 Ren, which includes three ballast containers and three smoke marking containers in place of submunition payload, as well as the Type 27-2 Ren-Hani, a reduced-range practice rocket with a blunt nose and a range of 9 km.

JISEYU
The Surface-to-Surface Tactical Missile System (地対地戦術誘導弾; JISEYU) is a surface-to-surface missile manufactured by Kawazaki Aerospace. It has a range of up to 310 km with solid propellant, and is 4.0 m high and 610 mm in diameter. A single Type 60 MLRS can carry two JISEYU missiles.

SEIMIYU
The Surface-to-Surface Precision Guided Missile System (地対地精密誘導弾; SEIMIYU) is an upgrade of the JISEYU system. The SEIMIYU is a precision-guided long-range missile with a range of 500 km. Smaller than the JISEYU, the SEIMIYU pods can hold two missiles per pod.