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In the years following WWII, the BM-13 was replaced by the 140 mm BM-14 and the BM-31 was replaced by the 240 mm BM-24. [29] During the Cold War, the Soviet Union fielded several models of Katyusha-like MRL, notably the BM-21 Grad launchers somewhat inspired by the earlier weapon, and the larger BM-27 Uragan.
It was built by the "Compressor" Plant's Design Office during World War II (1941–45). Very few ZIS-6 trucks survive till today. During the early World War II, the ZIS-6 was used as the chassis of the original BM-13 Katyusha multiple rocket launcher by the Red Army , nicknamed "Stalin's Organ" by German soldiers.
In the same year, as part of the attempted annexation of Finland, in the Winter War, PC-132 rockets were fired, from Tupolev SB bombers, against Finnish ground targets. [9] In June 1938, the RNII began developing a multiple rocket launcher based on the RS-132 rocket. [10] In August 1939, the completed product was the BM-13 / Katyusha rocket ...
RS-82. RS-82 officially entered service in 1937 and RS-132 in 1938. [5] The RS-82 missiles were carried by Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and I-153 fighter planes, the Polikarpov R-5 reconnaissance plane and the Ilyushin Il-2 close air support plane, while the heavier RS-132 missiles could be carried by bombers. [6]
K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled ... Katyusha rocket launcher (BM-8, BM-13, BM-31) BM-14; BM-21 Grad ... Ordnance QF 13 pounder World War I horse artillery & later ...
The brigade was formed as the 20th Guards Heavy Mortar Brigade on 19 December 1942 in Moscow, receiving BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers. Completing its formation, the brigade left for the Voronezh Front by the end of December, joining the 4th Guards Mortar Division. The brigade was presented its Guards banner on 8 July 1943 for "successful ...
The Soviets called it "Katyusha" and the Nazis called it "Stalin's Organ." Eighty years later, weapons like it are still on the battlefield.
BM-8-8 (jeep) Soviet Union: 82 24 BM-8-24 (tank) Soviet Union: 82 36 BM-8-36 (truck) Soviet Union: 1941 - 82 48 BM-8-48 (2½ ton truck) Soviet Union: 114 M8 4.5 inch Rocket United States: 132 16 BM-13-16 Katyusha Soviet Union: 1940 - 150 6 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 Nazi Germany: 150 10 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 Nazi Germany: 180 20 Unrotated projectile