The BM-21 launch vehicle (Russian: БМ-21 Град) (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 grad 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.
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height (cm)
3.09
length (km)
7.35
width (mm)
2.4
origin
Soviet Union
type
Multiple rocket launcher
used in war
Iran–Iraq War, Lebanese Civil War, Cenepa War, Sino-Vietnamese War, Western Sahara War, Cambodian–Thai border dispute, Vietnam War, Second Chechen War, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Angolan Civil War, First Chechen War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Russo-Georgian war, Nagorno-Karabakh War, Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, Operation Serval
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