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Komisia Kaťuša 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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Komisia BM-30 Smerch (Ruský: Смерч, "víchrica"), 9K58 Smerch alebo 9A52-2 Smerch-M je sovietsky ťažký viacnásobný raketomet. Systém je navrhnutý tak, aby porazil personálne, obrnené a mäkké ciele v koncentračných oblastiach, delostreleckých batériách, veliteľských stanovištiach a muničných skladoch. Bola založená na začiatku 80. rokov a vstúpila do služby v sovietskej armáde v roku 1989. Keď ho Západ prvýkrát pozoroval v roku 1983, dostal kód MRL 280mm M1983. Očakáva sa, že bude nahrádzaná tornádom 9A52-4.

Zdrojový: BM-30 Smerch na Wiki