Fajr-5

The Fajr-5 is an Iranian 333 mm long-range <a href="/facts/Multiple_rocket_launcher/LtUmrU8H">multiple launch rocket system</a> (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 <a href="/facts/Warhead/DKJ7lyqb">warheads</a> with 90 kg of <a href="/facts/High_explosive/sUme5Pp8">high explosive</a> (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. In addition, the system is also used by militant groups to target Israel. Finally, the system has a niche role in use by the <a href="/facts/Navy_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps/rTqhMgNq">IRGC-N</a> as an unguided anti-ship rocket system for the <a href="/facts/Persian_Gulf/W78AfnC1">Persian Gulf</a>.

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Fajr-5