BM-13-16 Katyusha rocket launcher - Mother Armenia Memorial Complex (Yerevan, Armenia)
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The depicted post-WWII BM-13-16 Katyusha rocket launcher on ZiS-151 truck you can find at Mother Armenia Memorial Complex in Armenian capital Yerevan...
Waymark Code: WMJ3PA
Location: Armenia
Date Posted: 09/18/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member WanderingAus
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The depicted post-WWII BM-13-16 Katyusha rocket launcher on ZiS-151 truck you can find at Mother Armenia Memorial Complex in Armenian capital Yerevan.

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. [wiki]

The depicted BM-13-16 Katyusha launcher mounted on ZiS-151 truck is model widely used by Soviet Army after WWII.

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