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  2. Katyusha rocket launcher - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of Soviet Union military equipment of World War II

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    It became known as "Stalin's organ" by German soldiers. BM-8: 82mm Multiple rocket launcher Soviet Union: Smaller rocket launchers that were mounted on T-40 and T-60 light tanks. BM-31 "Andryusha" 300mm Multiple rocket launcher Soviet Union: Heavy rocket launcher with 12 rocket tubes which used the chassis of a ZIS-12 and the American Lend ...

  4. Soviet rocketry - Wikipedia

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    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 launcher. Towards the end of 1938 the first significant large scale testing of the rocket launchers took place, 233 rockets of various types were used.

  5. BM-21 Grad - Wikipedia

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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]

  6. ZIS-6 - Wikipedia

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    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. The truck chassis was equipped with several different versions of the launcher. Later though, the American-produced Studebaker took over as the predominant ...

  7. Reactive Scientific Research Institute - Wikipedia

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    A salvo of rockets could completely straddle a target at a range of 5,500 metres (3.4 mi). Various rocket tests were conducted through 1940, and the BM-13-16 with launch rails for sixteen rockets was authorized for production. Only forty launchers were built before Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. [14]

  8. UASOF Intelligence helped artillery to eliminate Russian ...

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    Valentyna Romanenko - Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 22:33 Ukrainian soldiers shared a video demonstrating the elimination of Russian Uragan self-propelled multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS). Source ...

  9. List of rocket launchers - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of rocket launchers. Note, rocket launchers are different from recoilless rifles, recoilless guns, ... Soviet Union: 1961 MK-153 (SMAW)