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Katyusha weapons of World War II included the BM-13 launcher, light BM-8, and heavy BM-31. Today, the nickname Katyusha is also applied to newer truck-mounted post-Soviet – in addition to non-Soviet – multiple-rocket launchers, notably the common BM-21 Grad and its derivatives.
The Type 63 130mm multiple rocket launcher (not to be confused with the towed Type 63 of 107mm) is the Chinese version of the BM-14-17. It has a slightly smaller calibre but is fitted with 19 instead of 17 launch tubes. The Type 63 MRL is based on the Nanjing NJ-230 or 230A 4x4 truck, a licence-produced version of the Soviet GAZ-63/63A.
A Russian Strategic Rocket Forces MZKT 79221 missile vehicle carrying an RT-2PM2 Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile. A missile vehicle, also known as a missile carrier, missile truck, or (if capable of launching) missile launcher vehicle, is a military vehicle that is purpose-built and designed to carry missiles, either for safe transportation or for launching missiles in combat.
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. The truck chassis was equipped with several different versions of the launcher. Later though, the American-produced ...
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 United Kingdom: 190 1 Type 10 and Type 3 Rocket Boosters Japan: 203 1
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is a rocket-launcher mounted on a five-ton truck chassis. The rocket launcher can load up to six 227-millimeter (8.93 inches in diameter ...
At around 1:41 AM, one or two truck launchers (situated in territory controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels) erected their weapons into firing position and launched a missile arcing high on a ...
The BM-24 is a multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union.It is capable of launching 240mm rockets from 12 launch tubes. Versions of the BM-24 have been mounted on the ZIS-151 and ZIL-157 6×6 Truck chassis and the AT-S tracked artillery tractor, forming the BM-24T from the latter.