Land Mattress Rocket Launcher

The land mattress rocket launcher system was developed from the royal navy mattress project.

Land mattress rocket launcher. Flames of war land mattress rocket launcher package contents 2 x land mattress rocket launchers with crew 1 x command rifle team 1 x observer rifle team 2 x large bases 1 x small three hole base 1 x small two hole base package info product is for use in the flames of war miniature table top game models are supplied unpainted and require. These vary in accuracy so the land mattress is best used against large numbers of enemy troops. Land mattress multi rocket launcher based on the british sea mattresses used in 1944 normandy invasion wwii full playlist.

Each time it is clicked if loaded it will fire a barrage of 16 shots towards enemy lines. Its rocket payload revolved around the rp 3 rocket projectile 3 inch rocket an air to surface high explosive he rocket already in use with british warplanes and known by its 60lb warhead as the 60lb. This allowed the land mattress unit to be transported behind a mover vehicle to wherever it was needed.

The land mattress rocket launcher system was developed from the royal navy mattress project. The land mattress was based on the 3 inch diameter 76 mm tube of the rp 3or 60lb rocket used as an air to ground weapon with naval 5 inch shells as warheads and consisted of a 16 or 30 tube launching system mounted on a towed carriage. It was employed in the later war north west european theatre by the canadian and british armies.

The land mattress was a british and canadian designed adaptation of an unguided anti aircraft rocket launcher system developed in the mid war period in the united kingdom. Includes two land mattress rocket launchers with crew one command rifle team one observer rifle team two large bases one small three hole base one small two hole base. It is a 16 barreled rocket launcher which is crewed by 2 men.

The land mattress was based on the 3 inch diameter 76 mm tube of the rp 3 or 60lb rocket used as an air to ground weapon with naval 5 inch shells as warheads and consisted of a 16 or 30 tube launching system mounted on a towed carriage. The land mattress is the allied equivalent of the german nebelwerfer. Land mattress rocket launcher br590 includes two land mattress rocket launchers with crew one command rifle team one observer rifle team two large bases one small three hole base one small two hole base.

It didn t take long for the canadian royal artillery to adopt them by converting otherwise idle light anti aircraft batteries into rocket launcher units.