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Katyusha rocket launcher, one of the earliest modern rocket-artillery weapons. 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 ...
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A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired rocket weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead. Most RPGs can be carried by an individual soldier, and are frequently used as anti-tank weapons .
The following is a list of rocket launchers. Note, rocket launchers are different from recoilless rifles, recoilless guns, grenade launchers or anti-tank guided missiles.
Usage of rockets as weapons before modern rocketry is attested to in China, Korea, India, and Europe. One of the first recorded rocket launchers is the "wasp nest" fire arrow launcher produced by the Ming dynasty in 1380. In Europe, rockets were also used in the same year at the Battle of Chioggia.
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Tactical rocket Turkey: BORA: Tactical rocket Turkey: Kasirga rocket system: Tactical rocket Turkey: TOROS artillery rocket system: Tactical rocket Turkey: Mk 4/Mk 40 folding-fin aerial rocket: Air-to-air rocket USA: R4M rocket: Air-to-air rocket Germany: RS-82 rocket: Air-to-air rocket Soviet Union: Werfer-Granate 21: Air-to-air rocket Germany
Type 81 multiple rocket launcher People's Republic of China: 122 40 Type 90 multiple rocket launcher People's Republic of China: 122 40 HM 20 Iran: 122 40 BM-21/9K51 Grad Soviet Union: 1963 - 126 40 Kung Feng III Republic of China: 1973 - 126 40 Kung Feng IV Republic of China: 1973 - 127 32 Astros SS-30 Brazil: 1983 - 128 M71 rocket Yugoslavia ...