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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.
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 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]
TOS-1 Buratino (Russian: тяжёлая огнемётная система [ТОС-1], romanized: Tyazhyelaya ognemyetnaya sistema [TOS-1], Heavy Flamethrower System) is a Soviet 220 mm 30-barrel (original system, Object 634 or TOS-1M) or 24-barrel (Object 634B or TOS-1A Solntsepyok) multiple rocket launcher capable of using thermobaric warheads, mounted on a T-72 / T-90 tank chassis.
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 ...
[8] [9] In one section, Nikolay Voronov, commander-in-chief of the Red Army's artillery, had 500 guns/howitzers and 450 multiple rocket launchers across a 12 km wide attack sector, the highest Soviet artillery density yet achieved in the war. [10] On the 10th, it became clear the main goal was the Pitomnik airfield, which was captured on 16 ...