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  1. Katyusha rocket launcher - Wikipedia

    • Katyusha rocket launchers, which were built in Voronezh, were mounted on many platforms during World War II, including on trucks, artillery tractors, tanks, and armoured trains, as well as on naval and riverine vessels as assault support weapons. Soviet engineers also mounted single Katyusha rockets on lengths of railway track to serve in urban combat. The desi… See more

    Place of originSoviet Union
    In service1941–present
    Used bySoviet Union, and others
    Overview

    The Katyusha 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 lo… See more

    Nickname

    Initially, concerns for secrecy kept the military designation of the Katyushas from being known by the soldiers who operated them. They were called by code names such as Kostikov guns, after A. Kostikov, the head o… See more

    Post-war development

    The success and economy of multiple rocket launchers (MRL) have led them to continue to be developed. In the years following WWII, the BM-13 was replaced by the 140 mm BM-14 and the BM-31 was replaced b… See more

     
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  6. BM-31-12 Andryusha - Steel Division Wiki

    BM-31-12 Andryusha is a Soviet Artillery unit in Steel Division II. BM-31-12 was a 12 M-30 rocket tubes mounted on a Studebekker US6 U3 truck. M-30 rocket was developed in 1942 based on the...

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    May 5, 2023 · The BM-31-12 will surely please fans of rocket artillery with its powerful strikes that leave no chances of survival for light and medium vehicles. Its warheads carry almost 30 kg of explosives — six times the amount of the …

  9. Guards multiple rocket launcher BM-31-12 …

    Guards multiple rocket launcher BM-31-12 «Andryusha» on the chassis of the American Studebaker truck, which was supplied to the USSR under lend-lease. Germany, Berlin. Spring 1945. What the Germans call "Stalin's pipe organ" …