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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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BM-13 na ZiL-157 bol sovietsky viacnásobný raketomet namontovaný na podvozku nákladného vozidla ZiL-157. Bol to nástupca slávneho BM-13 "Katyusha", ktorý bol široko používaný počas druhej svetovej vojny. BM-13 na ZiL-157 mal 16 štartovacích trubíc, ktoré mohli strieľať 132 mm rakety s dosahom až 8,5 km. Rakety boli nakladané ručne a mohli byť vystrelené v salve alebo jednotlivo. Odpaľovacie zariadenie sa dalo otočiť o 360 stupňov a zvýšiť z 0 na 45 stupňov. BM-13 na ZiL-157 bol predstavený koncom 1950-tych rokov a slúžil v rôznych konfliktoch, ako je Suezská kríza, vojna vo Vietname, šesťdňová vojna a Jomkipurská vojna. Bol tiež vyvezený do niekoľkých krajín vrátane Egypta, Sýrie, Iraku, Severnej Kórey a Kuby. BM-13 na ZiL-157 bol nakoniec nahradený modernejšími raketovými systémami, ako napríklad BM-21 "Grad".