BM-13 Katyusha multiple rocket launcher, based on a ZIS-6 truck. The Katyusha (Russian: Катю́ша, IPA: [kɐˈtʲuʂə] ⓘ) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II.

The M-13 rocket of the BM-13 system was 80 cm (2 ft 7 in) long, 13.2 cm (5.2 in) in diameter and weighed 42 kg (93 lb) for a 4.9 kg (11 lb) warhead, range was 8,740 m (9,560 yd). The system obviously lacked accuracy but was excellent for saturation fire, better than any artillery battery by the sudden, massive rain of warheads on a concentrated ...

This is the Russian 132mm M-13 Katyusha, a High-Explosive-Fragmentation (HE-Frag), electrically initiated rocket with 4 fixed fins which are fired from launch rails mounted on the …

Installation and 132 mm rocket chemical projectile for 7 liters of the poisonous substance have been successfully tested and the adoption of the state was planned in 1939.

BM-13 was equipped with M-8 82mm rockets or M-13UK 132mm rockets launched from a joist type system. The spiral type lifting mechanism was hand-driven and permitted firing 16 rockets from 8 guiding tubes.

Fiat M13/40, an Italian tank used in World War II; M13 Half-track, a U.S. anti-aircraft gun used in World War II; M13 link, a machine gun's ammunition link; M-13 rocket, a version of the Soviet World War II RS-82 rocket; M13 revolver, a lightweight version of either the Smith & Wesson Model 12 or the Colt Cobra pistol for U.S. Air Force crews

BM-13 Katysha Multiple Rocket Launcher. During the Great Patriotic War the BM-13 Katysha multiple launch rocket system gained immortal glory as a symbol of Soviet artillery power.

Nov 7, 2022 · The M-13 rocket of the BM-13 system was 80 cm (2 ft 7 in) long, 13.2 cm (5.2 in) in diameter and weighed 42 kg (93 lb). The weapon is less accurate than conventional artillery guns, but is extremely effective in saturation bombardment, and was particularly feared by …

Sep 24, 2018 · On July 14, 1941, near a defensive site of the 20th Army in the forest east of Orsha, Captain Ivan Flerov’s battery attacked German positions. The battery was armed with new, and unknown to the enemy, BM-13 military vehicles.

The 132mm M-13 Rocket was developed from the RS-132 air launched rocket with a larger motor and warhead. Most warheads were simple 22kg impact-fused HE-fragmentation types, although there is a possibility that HEAT warheads may have …