Mark 26 missile launcher

The Mark 26 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) was a United States Navy fully automated system that stows, handles, and launches a variety of missiles. The system supported RIM-66 Standard, RUR-5 ASROC, and potentially other weapons. The Mark 26 had the shortest reaction time and the fastest firing rate of any comparable dual arm shipboard launching system at the time. With only one man at the control console, a weapon can be selected, hoisted to the guide arm, and launched. Several mods provided magazine capabilities of 24 to 64 missiles.

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RIM-66 Standard missiles on launcher aboard USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) during tests off Puerto Rico March 1983

Standard missile launcher on USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) 1981

Standard missile launch from USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) in 1981

USS Arkansas (CGN-41) loading a GMTR in aft Mk 26 launcher

USS Arkansas (CGN-41) view inside aft Mk 26 magazine

USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) aft Mk 26 launcher

USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) forward Mark 26 missile launcher control panel

MK 26 GMLS

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		RIM-66 Standard missiles on launcher aboard USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) during tests off Puerto Rico March 1983		Commons
commons	image		Standard missile launcher on USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) 1981		Commons
commons	image		Standard missile launch from USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) in 1981		Commons
commons	image		USS Arkansas (CGN-41) loading a GMTR in aft Mk 26 launcher		Commons
commons	image		USS Arkansas (CGN-41) view inside aft Mk 26 magazine		Commons
commons	image		USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) aft Mk 26 launcher		Commons
commons	image		USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) forward Mark 26 missile launcher control panel		Commons
commons	image		MK 26 GMLS		Commons