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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.
Soviet rocketry commenced in 1921 with development of Solid-fuel rockets, which resulted in the development of the Katyusha rocket launcher. Rocket scientists and engineers, particularly Valentin Glushko and Sergei Korolev , contributed to the development of Liquid-fuel rockets , which were first used for fighter aircraft .
The BM-30 Smerch (Russian: Смерч, lit. 'tornado', 'whirlwind'), 9K58 Smerch or 9A52-2 Smerch-M is a heavy self-propelled 300 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union to fire a full load of 12 solid-fuelled projectiles.
132mm Multiple rocket launcher Soviet Union: Most widely used multiple rocket launcher by the Red Army. 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
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]
'Hurricane'; GRAU index 9P140) is a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union to deliver cluster munitions. The system began its service with the Soviet Army in the late 1970s, and was its first spin and fin stabilized heavy multiple rocket launcher.
The following is a list of rocket launchers. Note, rocket launchers are different from recoilless rifles, recoilless guns, ... Soviet Union: 1961 MK-153 (SMAW)
Pages in category "Multiple rocket launchers of the Soviet Union" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .