BM-31 12 Lançador de foguetes Katyusha – WalkAround

Galeria de fotos de um lançador de foguetes BM-31 12 Katyusha, Katyusha multiple rocket launchers are a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver a devastating amount of 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 and easy to produce. Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on 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 lançador, leve BM-8, e pesado BM-31. Hoje, o apelido também é aplicado a novos lançadores de foguetes múltiplos soviéticos montados em caminhões - notavelmente o BM-21 comum - e derivados.

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