Katyusha

Katyusha is a nickname first applied to World War II Soviet multiple rocket launchers: BM-13, BM-8 and BM-31. It can also refer to newer MRLs such as the BM-14, BM-21 Grad, BM-24, BM-27 Uragan, or BM-30 Smerch, to the MRLs of other nations, or to Katyusha rocket ammunition fired singly.

BM-8-48 on T-60

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BM-8-48 on Chevrolet G7117

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BM-8-48 on ZiS-6

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BM-13 on ZiS-6

The ZiS-6 was the first standard chassis.

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  Artillery Museum in Saint Petersburg
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BM-13 on ZIS-12

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  Bm-13-16 at the Museum on Sapun Mountain, Sevastopol
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  Bm-13-16 at the Museum on Sapun Mountain, Sevastopol
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  Bm-13-16 at the Museum on Sapun Mountain, Sevastopol

BM-13 on STZ-5

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BM-13N on Studebaker US6

Starting in 1942, the U.S. Studebaker US6 became standardized for the BM-13N (Normalizovanniy)

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BM-13 on ZiS-151

The Soviet ZiS-151 replaced the Studebaker after the Second World War

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  BM-13 and BM-21 Grad
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  At the Svidnik war museum
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  At the Svidnik war museum
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  War Memorial of Korea in Seoul

BM-13 on ZiL-157

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  Deutsch-russisches Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
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  At the Belgrade Military Museum
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  At the Belgrade Military Museum
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  At the Belgrade Military Museum

BM-31-12 on ZIS-12

300mm rockets M-31-12, manufactured since 1942, were first launched from static ground devices. Since April 1944 launchers for them were mounted on trucks and named BM-31-12.

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  BM-31-12 at the Museum on Sapun Mountain, Sevastopol
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  BM-31-12 at the Museum on Sapun Mountain, Sevastopol
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  BM-31-12 at the Museum on Sapun Mountain, Sevastopol
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  BM-31-12 at the Museum on Sapun Mountain, Sevastopol
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  BM-31 in Tula (Russia)

BM-31-12 on Studebaker US-6

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  BM-31-12 at the 1945 Moscow Victory Parade

Other

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  BM-13
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  Katyusha rocket motor
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  Smoke after a Katyusha lands near Safed, Israel during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
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  House after suffering a direct hit from a Katyusha.