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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.

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BM-13 na ZiL-157 je bil sovjetski večkratni raketni lansirnik, nameščen na šasiji tovornjaka ZiL-157. Bil je naslednik slavnega BM-13 "Katyusha", ki se je pogosto uporabljal med drugo svetovno vojno. BM-13 na ZiL-157 je imel 16 izstrelitvenih cevi, ki bi lahko izstrelile 132 mm rakete z dometom do 8, 5 km. Rakete so bile naložene ročno in jih je bilo mogoče izstreliti v salvo ali posamezno. Lansirnik se lahko zavrti za 360 stopinj in dvigne z 0 na 45 stopinj. BM-13 na ZiL-157 je bil predstavljen v poznih 1950-ih in je služil v različnih konfliktih, kot so sueška kriza, vietnamska vojna, šestdnevna vojna in jomkipurska vojna. Izvažali so ga tudi v več držav, vključno z Egiptom, Sirijo, Irakom, Severno Korejo in Kubo. BM-13 na ZiL-157 so sčasoma nadomestili sodobnejši raketni sistemi, kot je BM-21 "Grad".