M270 Launcher

M270 Launcher
A light-armored heavy vehicle, the general's shotgun, fires mid-range M26 rockets that obliterate groups of buildings and enemies.
Unit Tier	3
Blueprint Acquisition	Player Level 37
Built Requisites	War Factory Level 6
Cost	210000 Metal
Basic Information
Unit Type	Heavy Vehicle
Unit Role	Siege Artillery
Unit Weapon Type	Explosive Rocker
Unit Speed	35
Unit Range	380
Unit Capacity	100
Squad Unit Limit	5
Advanced Information
Equipment	Artillery Crew 30mm Steel Plate 240mm Rocket Launcher FIM-43 Redeye Missile
Targets	Ground

General Information

The M270 is fragile and slow, but can outrange even railguns and supply high damage at range, on top of firing over obstacles. It easily replaced Mortarmen and can be a powerful siege weapon. Before sending your army into the fray, it can be used to pick off enemy barriers, paving way for allied tanks and reducing potential damage taken. It is also the first heavy vehicle with an anti-air secondary slot, giving it limited defense against annoying fixed wing aircraft and helicopters that heavy vehicles usually fail to target.

As it offers poor defense to itself, try to keep an eye on enemy artillery pieces like Howitzers and Salvo Turrets. While using your tanks to bait enemy units would be a good option, beware that they may turn on the launchers themselves if they enter a blindspot. Light vehicles and infantry are naturally vulnerable to a salvo of rockets if they aren't moving quickly enough, but in the case of aircraft (especially gunship helicopters, which inflict bonus damage to heavy vehicles), consider bringing some extra infantry and certain light vehicles (or even a Pantsir if you skipped GMLRS but do not own a properly upgraded HIMARS yet) since its secondary cannot easily handle them.

Unit Progression

Level	Promote Cost		Repair Cost Per Unit	DPS	Health	XP Gain
	Resource	Component
1	N/A	N/A	327	244	6,100	N/A
2	55,000	x220 M270 Launcher Critical x110 Heavy Vehicle Common	354	256		+1,500
3	100,000	x240 M270 Launcher Critical x120 Heavy Vehicle Common	382	294
4	200,000	x270 M270 Launcher Critical x130 Heavy Vehicle Common	409	341
5	150,000	x290 M270 Launcher Critical x150 Heavy Vehicle Common	439	395
6	550,000 9,000	x320 M270 Launcher Critical x160 Heavy Vehicle Common	470	461
7	925,000 12,250	x360 M270 Launcher Critical x180 Heavy Vehicle Common	483	538
8	1,400,000 15,750	'x390' M270 Launcher Critical x200 Heavy Vehicle Common	495	631
9	220,000 20,000	'x430' M270 Launcher Critical x220 Heavy Vehicle Common	506	655
10	240,000 24,250	'x470' M270 Launcher Critical x240 Heavy Vehicle Common	519	668

External Links

• M270 Launcher on Wikipedia