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Nniiden Katyusha multiple rocket launcher (Russian: Катю́ша; IPA: [kɐˈtʲuʂə] (About this sound listen)) 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 quickly than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload. They are fragile compared to artillery guns, but are inexpensive, easy to produce, and usable on 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 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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Nniiden BM-30 Smerch (ven. Смерч, "pyörretuuli"), 9K58 Smerch tai 9A52-2 Smerch-M on neuvostoliittolainen raskas moniraketinheitin. Järjestelmä on suunniteltu voittamaan henkilöstö-, panssaroidut ja pehmeät maalikohteet keskitysalueilla, tykistöpatterit, komentopaikat ja ampumatarvikevarastot. Se perustettiin 1980-luvun alussa ja otettiin käyttöön Neuvostoliiton armeijassa vuonna 1989. Kun länsi havaitsi sen ensimmäisen kerran vuonna 1983, se sai koodin MRL 280mm M1983. 9A52-4 Tornadon odotetaan korvaavan sen

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