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V Katjuša 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.

Vir: BM-13 na ZiL-157 na Wikiju

V BM-30 Smerch (rusko Smerč, "vihar"), 9K58 Smerch ali 9A52-2 Smerch-M je sovjetski težki večkratni raketni izstrelek. Sistem je zasnovan tako, da premaga osebje, oklepe in mehke cilje na koncentracijnih območjih, topniščnih baterijah, poveljskih mestih in skladiščih streliva. Nastala je v začetku 80. let, leta 1989 pa je vstopila v službo v Sovjetski vojski. Ko ga je zahod prvič opazil leta 1983, je prejel oznako MRL 280mm M1983. Tornado naj bi bil nadomešen z 9A52-4

Vir: BM-30 Smerch na Wikiju