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The Katyusha (Russian: Катю́ша, IPA: [kɐˈtʲuʂə] ⓘ) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area more intensively than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload.
During the Iran–Iraq War, around 100 North Korean M-1985 MLRS systems were exported to Iran. [8] The North Korean M-1985 was derived from Soviet Katyushas, and so the Fajr-3 is sometimes considered a Katyusha too. [9] With North Korean assistance, Iran's state-run Shahid Bagheri Industries later began to produce the system [1] under license. [10]
Fajr-3 (artillery rocket), a multiple-launch artillery rocket, a third-generation Katyusha rocket; Fajr-3 (missile), a medium-range ballistic missile with an unknown range; Fajr-3 (aircraft), an Iranian four-seat aircraft; Operation Dawn 3 (a.k.a. Operation Valfajr-3), an Iranian offensive in the 8-year long Iran-Iraq War
Hezbollah said it had fired 320 Katyusha rockets and targeted 11 military sites as part of a planned attack following the killing of Fuad Shukr. Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes as fears of ...
Five U.S. personnel were injured when two Katyusha rockets were fired at Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq on Monday, an attack the Pentagon blamed on Iran-backed proxies.
The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People's Republic of China in the early 1960s and later exported and manufactured globally. Although no longer serving with active infantry units, the Type 63 is still in People's Liberation Army service with specialized formations such as mountain ...
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran's Revolutionary Guards' navy has unveiled new vessels equipped with 600-km range missiles at a time of rising tensions with the U.S. in the Gulf, the semi-official Tasnim ...
We know they have the expertise and the equipment to produce the rocket." [citation needed] In July 2006, media reports indicated Hamas had successfully developed an indigenous variant of the Soviet-origin Katyusha rocket with a range of 24 kilometers. The new 122 mm Grad was fired on July 18 at Kibbutz Sdot Bror Hayil—approximately 19 ...