With Israel Elbit Systems, Thailand Develops Self Propelled MLRS PULS (D11A)

Sources in Thailand said the production line was ready for use

Not wanting to lose to Indonesia, which has released many prototypes of defense equipment, Thailand at the Defense & Security 2022 defense exhibition in Bangkok, released a prototype type of heavy artillery weapon in the form of a self-propelled multi-barreled rocket launcher - self propelled MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) named PULS ( Precise and Universal Launching System). 

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As a Thai domestic product, PULS offers not only multi-barreled, but multi-caliber rocket launchers. Quoted from bulgarianmilitary.com (4/9/2022), it is stated that PULS can accommodate the launch of 122 mm, 306 mm and 370 mm caliber rockets. 

Despite its prototype status, PULS was not developed half-heartedly, because PULS is the result of joint development between Thailand [Institute of Defense Technology and a well-known weapons manufacturer from Israel, Elbit Systems. Because of collaborating with big names Elbit, the PULS program will be taken seriously until the production stage.

PULS is codenamed D11A, and will continue to use that code when fully produced. The PULS or D11A is designed to be part of the Thai artillery and coast guard inventory. It is assumed that the D11A will also be developed in a naval version. A similar signal comes from the fact that the Royal Thai Navy is also involved in its development.

The project to develop the D11A rocket launch system was initiated in 2019. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it has disrupted its development schedule. However, at the end of 2021, the project was resumed. According to Thai sources, serial production of the D11A will begin in late 2022 and early 2023.

As an MLRS, the D11A is integrated into the chassis of the Czech-made Tatra 6×6 truck. According to a source from the Thai military, a guided rocket (missile) system will also be developed to be capable of firing various calibers of guided and unguided ammunition. This implies that the maximum operating range of each type of rocket will be within very different limits.

For example, hitting a target at a distance of 40 km would be done with 122 mm Accular rocket ammunition. A maximum operational range of 150 km will be achieved using Extra 306 mm guided missiles. A maximum range of 300 km will be achieved by firing a 370 mm Predator Hawk missile.

Sources in Thailand said the production line was ready for use. It is a NESDB and DIEC production line at the Center for Defense, Industrial and Energy Weapons Production. 

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Thailand uses this production line to manufacture the 155mm self-propelled howitzer based on the ATMOS system and the 120 mm ATMM rubber wheeled cell-propelled grenade launcher. The latter was also jointly developed with Israeli company Elbit Systems.

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