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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.
We know they have the expertise and the equipment to produce the rocket." [citation needed] In July 2006, media reports indicated Hamas had successfully developed an indigenous variant of the Soviet-origin Katyusha rocket with a range of 24 kilometers. The new 122 mm Grad was fired on July 18 at Kibbutz Sdot Bror Hayil—approximately 19 ...
Some Ilyushin Il-2 were field-modified to carry up to 24 rockets although the added drag and the weight made this arrangement impractical. A total 12 million missiles of the RS-type were used by Soviet forces during World War II. [6] RS-derived M-8 and M-13 rockets were used by the famous Katyusha rocket artillery. [10] [6] [9]
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 ...
The group said it had fired 320 Katyusha rockets and targeted 11 military sites. ... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has since said that the IDF had "destroyed thousands of short-range ...
The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People's Republic of China in the early 1960s and later exported and manufactured globally. Although no longer serving with active infantry units, the Type 63 is still in People's Liberation Army service with specialized formations such as mountain ...
Hezbollah said it had fired 320 Katyusha rockets towards Israel and hit 11 military targets in what it called the first phase of its retaliation for Israel's assassination of Fuad Shukr, a senior ...
Five U.S. personnel were injured when two Katyusha rockets were fired at Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq on Monday, an attack the Pentagon blamed on Iran-backed proxies.