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The BM-21 "Grad" (Russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit. 'hailstorm') is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. [11] The system and the M-21OF rocket [12] were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first combat use in March 1969 during the Sino-Soviet border conflict. [13]
The RM-70 (Raketomet vzor 1970) multiple rocket launcher is a Czechoslovak Army version and heavier variant of the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, providing enhanced performance over its parent area-saturation rocket artillery system that was introduced in 1971 [2] (the NATO designation is M1972).
Egyptian variant of BM-21 Grad. Delivered in several variants with varying range and caliber. [31] 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) Man-portable air-defense system Soviet Union: Captured from DRA forces. [10] Egyptian Sakr-eye version also used. [citation needed] 9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14 Gremlin) [33] Man-portable air-defense system Soviet Union: FIM-43 ...
BM-21 Grad Soviet Union: Multiple launch rocket system 80 [9] TOS-1A Soviet Union / Russia: Multiple launch rocket system 3 [9] BM-30 Smerch Soviet Union: Multiple launch rocket system 6 [9] IMI Lynx Israel / Kazakhstan: Multiple launch rocket system 18 [9] 9P140 Uragan Soviet Union: Multiple launch rocket system 180 [12] Unknown status as 2024 ...
9A53-G Tornado is an improved version of the BM-21, built to replace BM-21 Grad. More in production. [90] As of 6 July 2024, at least 19 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [52] Uragan-1M: Universal 220mm-300mm multiple rocket launcher 6 [53] Russia: Built to replace BM-27 Uragan and BM-30 Smerch. Anti-aircraft artillery ZSU-23-4 ...
The "mini-Grad" uses pipes from Soviet-designed BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers developed in the 1960s, and can be mounted on pickup trucks, providing additional mobility for the ...
The rockets are launched from a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher system that can hold up to 24 of the rockets. [3] A time fuse on the rocket is set before launch, which activates at a predetermined distance after firing. Upon activation, the rocket head bursts, ejecting the mines, which descend with small green parachutes [3] that slow their ...
A K239 MLRS battery is launching a K33 131 mm rocket into the sea. South Korea struggled to come up with countermeasures in the 1970s when North Korea deployed BM-21 Grad, a new multiple rocket launcher (MRL) brought in from the Soviet Union.