The Katyusha rocket launcher in one minute

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 lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload. They are fragile compared to artillery guns, but are cheap, easy to produce, and usable on almost any chassis. The Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on ordinary trucks. This mobility gave the Katyusha, and other self-propelled artillery, another advantage: being able to deliver a large blow all at once, and then move before being located and attacked with counter-battery fire.

Katyusha weapons of World War II included the BM-13 launcher, light BM-8, and heavy BM-31. Today, the nickname Katyusha is also applied to newer truck-mounted post-Soviet – in addition to non-Soviet – multiple-rocket launchers, notably the common BM-21 Grad and its derivatives.

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[OmarThomas-cqjn]

My favorite weapon coming out of ww2, I think I it's the sound of the 🚀 rockets going off all at once that, really captivates me...I tell myself when I purchase my pick up truck I am going to put a drawing of this launcher on the back in animated style

[dudu]

You gotta get these working in one of the Call of Duty campaigns

[TalhaShaikh-vw]

Particularly on the eastern front now that gave some chilling flash back

[zeyrie]

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