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  • BM-21 Grad
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  • The BM-21 launch vehicle (), (Grad) a Soviet truck-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launcher, and a M-21OF rocket were developed in the early 1960s. BM stands for boyevaya mashina, ‘combat vehicle’, and the nickname means ‘hail’. The complete system with the BM-21 launch vehicle and the M-21OF rocket has designation as M-21 Field Rocket System. The complete system is more commonly known as a Grad multiple rocket launcher system. In NATO countries, the system (either the complete system or the launch vehicle only) was initially known as M1964. Several other countries have copied it or developed similar systems.
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spec label
  • 9
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vehicle range
  • 405.0
Velocity
  • 690.0
Rate
  • 2
Speed
  • 75.0
Service
  • 1963
rocket caliber
  • 122.0
Name
  • BM-21 "Grad"
is artillery
  • yes
Type
Caption
  • A Russian BM-21-1 on display in Saint Petersburg, in May 2009.
Max range
  • 20.0
Wars
Weight
  • 13.710000
Sights
  • PG-1M panoramic telescope
Used by
  • See [[#Operators
Engine
  • V-8 gasoline ZiL-375
production date
  • 1963
barrels
  • 40
engine power
  • 180.0
Suspension
  • 6
is vehicle
  • yes
Crew
  • 3
abstract
  • The BM-21 launch vehicle (), (Grad) a Soviet truck-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launcher, and a M-21OF rocket were developed in the early 1960s. BM stands for boyevaya mashina, ‘combat vehicle’, and the nickname means ‘hail’. The complete system with the BM-21 launch vehicle and the M-21OF rocket has designation as M-21 Field Rocket System. The complete system is more commonly known as a Grad multiple rocket launcher system. In NATO countries, the system (either the complete system or the launch vehicle only) was initially known as M1964. Several other countries have copied it or developed similar systems.
is Equipment of