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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.
The famous Katyusha rocket launcher of World War II; A room dedicated to the Kalashnikov AK-47 and its designer, Mikhail Kalashnikov. Array of Cold War era artillery pieces, anti-aircraft systems, armored vehicles, and missiles
The rocket - the 8 cm Raketen Sprenggranate - was a simple cordite fueled, fin-stabilized, 78 mm (3.1 in) diameter, high-explosive rocket patterned closely on the Russian M-8. The body was simple and inexpensive to produce due to the use of stamped sheet metal components, unlike the more expensive machined venturis used by spin-stabilized ...
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 Type 4 20 cm Rocket Launcher Japan: 210 1 20 cm Naval Rocket Launcher Japan: 210 5 ...
1940 — pilot V. P. Fedorov flew the Rocket aircraft RP-318; 1941 – On June 21, orders were signed by Joseph Stalin to begin production of the Katyusha missile launcher, which was 24 hours before Nazi Germany invaded; [8] 1942 — test pilot G. Ya. Bakhchivanji makes a flight on the first aircraft in the USSR equipped with ZHRD. The engine ...
Rocket artillery. Katyusha rocket launcher (BM-8, BM-13, BM-31) BM-14; BM-21 Grad; BM-24; 2K6 Luna; 9K52 Luna-M; 9K57 Uragan 220 mm multiple rocket launcher; 9K58 Smerch 300 mm multiple rocket launcher; 9K59 Prima 122 mm multiple rocket launcher [11] TOS-1 220mm multiple rocket launcher
In military terminology, a rocket is a self-propelled, unguided or guided, weapon-system powered by a rocket engine. Though used primarily as medium- and long-range artillery systems, historically rockets have also seen considerable use as air-to-surface weapons, some use as air-to-air weapons, and even (in a few cases) as surface-to-air devices.
Bahasa Indonesia; Italiano ... Katyusha is a diminutive of the Russian name ... Katyusha rocket launcher, Soviet rocket launcher of World War II, named after the ...