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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]
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The BM-21UM Berest system was presented for the first time at the Weapons and Security 2018 exhibition, which took place on October 9–12 in Kyiv. "Berest" is a deep modernization of BM-21 Grad, and is designed to replace it. [1] [2] "Berest" was made by Shepetivka repair plant for its own working capital. [2]
In the years following WWII, the BM-13 was replaced by the 140 mm BM-14 and the BM-31 was replaced by the 240 mm BM-24. [29] During the Cold War, the Soviet Union fielded several models of Katyusha-like MRL, notably the BM-21 Grad launchers somewhat inspired by the earlier weapon, and the larger BM-27 Uragan.
The RM-70 (Raketomet vzor 1970) multiple rocket launcher is a Czechoslovak Army version and heavier variant of the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, providing enhanced performance over its parent area-saturation rocket artillery system that was introduced in 1971 [2] (the NATO designation is M1972).
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The rockets are launched from a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher system that can hold up to 24 of the rockets. [3] A time fuse on the rocket is set before launch, which activates at a predetermined distance after firing. Upon activation, the rocket head bursts, ejecting the mines, which descend with small green parachutes [3] that slow their ...
It is a variant of the Soviet BM-21 Grad. [3] The Type 81 was the first in a family of Chinese self-propelled 122 mm rocket launchers. [2] The system forms the backbone of People's Liberation Army Ground Force's combined arms brigade. Type 81 went through different iterations of modernization to improve the combat effectiveness. [4]