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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.
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 Studebaker took over as the predominant ...
132mm Multiple rocket launcher Soviet Union: Most widely used multiple rocket launcher by the Red Army. It became known as "Stalin's organ" by German soldiers. BM-8: 82mm Multiple rocket launcher Soviet Union: Smaller rocket launchers that were mounted on T-40 and T-60 light tanks. BM-31 "Andryusha" 300mm Multiple rocket launcher Soviet Union
In June 1938, the RNII began developing a multiple rocket launcher based on the RS-132 rocket. [10] In August 1939, the completed product was the BM-13 / Katyusha rocket launcher. Towards the end of 1938 the first significant large scale testing of the rocket launchers took place, 233 rockets of various types were used.
Pages in category "Multiple rocket launchers of the Soviet Union" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Americans mounted tubular launchers atop M4 Sherman tanks to create the T34 Calliope rocket launching tank, only used in small numbers, as their closest equivalent to the Katyusha. The Germans began using a towed six-tube multiple rocket launcher during World War II, the Nebelwerfer, called the "Screaming Mimi" by the Allies. The system was ...
Valentyna Romanenko - Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 22:33 Ukrainian soldiers shared a video demonstrating the elimination of Russian Uragan self-propelled multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS). Source ...
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.