Editing Transporter erector launcher (section)

==History==
Such vehicles exist for both [[surface-to-air missile]]s and [[surface-to-surface missile]]s. Early on, such missiles were launched from fixed sites and had to be loaded onto trucks for transport, making them more vulnerable to attack, since once they were spotted by the enemy they could not easily be relocated, and if they were it often took hours or even days to prepare them for launch once they reached their new site.

Usually a number of TELs and TELARs are linked to one [[command post]] vehicle (CP or CPV). They may use target information from [[target acquisition]], designation and [[fire-control radar|guidance radar]] (TADAGR or TAR).

=== Transporter erector launcher and radar (TELAR) ===
A '''transporter erector launcher and radar (TELAR)''' is a type of TEL that also incorporates part or all of the radar system necessary for firing the [[surface-to-air missile]]s. Such vehicles have the capability of being autonomous, greatly enhancing their effectiveness. With this type of system each vehicle can fight regardless of the state or presence of support vehicles. The vehicle may have to aim the missile, usually through a [[missile turret|rotating turret]], or they may fire straight up.

=== Transporter launcher and radar (TLAR) ===
A '''transporter launcher and radar''' ('''TLAR''') is the same as a TELAR without the erector capability, because the missile in question is transported in the launch-ready position as default. An example is the [[9K330 Tor]], which mounts a [[vertical launching system]] (VLS)-style block of SAMs that correct their trajectory using rockets on the missile body itself.

=== Mobile erector launcher (MEL) ===
{{main|MIM-104 Patriot}}
The Patriot missile system has a [[towed]] launch vehicle or '''mobile erector launcher''' ('''MEL''').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/spp/starwars/docops/fm44-94fd/gloss.htm |title=FM 44-94 Army Air and Missile Defense Command Operations. Glossary. Part I – Abbreviations and Acronyms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315023557/http://fas.org/spp/starwars/docops/fm44-94fd/gloss.htm |archive-date=2016-03-15|publisher=[[Federation of American Scientists]]}}</ref>

[[File:ILauncher (within Sky Sabre).jpg|thumb|An '''iLauncher''' within the Sky Sabre air defence system of the British Army.]]
=== Palletised erector launchers === 
Another sub-set of the TEL are erector-launchers mounted to pallets, which can then be carried by suitable vehicles to create a TEL. The [[MBDA]] iLauncher used to launch the [[Sky Sabre]] missile is one example; a 15-tonne unit which is carried by [[MAN HX]] trucks in [[British Army]] service.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2022/11/common-anti-air-modular-missile-camm/ | title=Common Anti Air Missile (CAMM) - Think Defence | date=5 November 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://corporalfrisk.com/2021/08/14/finnish-land-ceptor-mbda-aiming-high-in-itsuko/ | title=Finnish Land Ceptor – MBDA Aiming High in ITSUKO | date=14 August 2021 }}</ref>