Katyusha rocket launcher - Darkovicky, Czech Republic
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N 49° 55.581 E 018° 13.180
34U E 300450 N 5534148
Katyusha rocket launcher // BM 13-16 Katuša
Waymark Code: WMGMP5
Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/21/2013
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Katyusha rocket launcher together with one tank TU_34 is located near museum of Czechoslovak Fortifications inside infantry blockhouse MO-S 19 Alej.
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"Katyusha multiple rocket launchers are a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver a devastating amount of 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 and easy to produce. Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on 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 Soviet (and not only Soviet) multiple rocket launchers—notably the common BM-21—and derivatives."
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