Redigerer M142 HIMARS (avsnitt)

== Utvikling ==
Behovet for HIMARS oppsto i 1982 da den 9. motoriserte infanteridivisjonen ønsket et lett rakettartillerisystem for motild, men fikk liten støtte da fokuset var på tyngre styrker.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Dastrup|first=Boyd L.|title=Operation Desert Storm and Beyond: Modernizing the Field Artillery in the 1990s|publisher=Command Historian's Office, United States Field Artillery Center and School|year=2005|location=Fort Sill, Oklahoma|page=48}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dastrup|first=Boyd L.|title=Modernizing the King of Battle: 1973-1991|publisher=Office of the Command Historian, United States Field Artillery Center and School|year=2003|location=Washington, D.C.|page=48}}</ref> Etter [[den kalde krigen]] ble det klart at M270 MLRS var for tungt for rask deployering,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Dastrup|first=Boyd L.|title=Operation Desert Storm and Beyond: Modernizing the Field Artillery in the 1990s|publisher=Command Historian's Office, United States Field Artillery Center and School|year=2005|location=Fort Sill, Oklahoma|page=48}}</ref> og [[Gulfkrigen]] understreket behovet for et lettere system. HIMARS ble utviklet av Loral Vought Systems, senere en del av [[Lockheed Martin]], og ble først testet i 1991.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Anderson|first=E. G.|date=Juni 1991|title=Reshaping the Field Artillery|journal=Field Artillery|page=14}}</ref> Etter flere kontrakter og tester ble HIMARS tatt i bruk av den [[United States Army|amerikanske hæren]] og produsert av Lockheed Martin fra 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gentry|first1=Donald E.|last2=Barbato|first2=Cullen G.|date=Januar–februar 1999|title=HIMARS: Firepower for Early Entry Forces|url=https://tradocfcoeccafcoepfwprod.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/fires-bulletin-archive/1999/99%20Jan%20-%20Feb/JAN_FEB_1999_FULL_EDITION.pdf|journal=Field Artillery|page=17}}</ref><ref name="Janes 2011">{{cite book|editor1-last=Foss|editor1-first=Christopher F.|editor1-link=|title=Jane's Armour and Artillery 2011–2012|url=https://archive.org/details/janesarmourartil0000unse|publisher=Janes Information Group|location=London|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7106-2960-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/janesarmourartil0000unse/page/1128 1128]–1130|edition=32nd|chapter=Multiple Rocket Launchers}}</ref>