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2015-10-22 Arabia

Rebel rockets kill at least 22 civilians in Yemen

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Posted by Steve White 2015-10-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

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"The Katyusha was originally a World War II-era Soviet rocket. During the Great Patriotic War the BM-8 and BM-13 rocket launchers [some times confusingly called rocket mortars] got their famous name "Katyusha". In March 1941 the first successful fire tests of BM-13 rocket launchers were carried out and 21 June mass production order was sign. Originally this system was based on standard ZIS-5 but this experience wasn't successful. Afterwards ZIS-6 was chosen. At last the BM-13 was mounted only on Studebaker-US6 (BM-13N). The BM-13 could fire 16 130mm rockets simultaneously.

The Katyusha, or Little Kate, was a rocket launcher mounted on a heavy truck that fired volleys of up to 48 rockets nearly four miles. The Katyusha was infamous among German troopers who quickly learned to dread its distinctive scream. They named the Katyusha "Stalin's Organ." Soviet guards mortar units were equipped with multiple rocket launchers, the famous katyushas, named after the title of a popular song of the time. Some military scholars credit the Katyusha for the relief of Stalingrad.

References now to the Katyusha mean not just one type of rocket, but a whole range of different artillery rockets, whether from old Soviet or other-nation stock, most frequently the 122mm rocket. The Katyusha rockets have little guidance and are not lethal enough to defeat ~~Israel~~Yemen militarily, but are used by terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, operating out of ~~Lebanon~~Yemen, to cause terror among the ~~Israeli~~Yemeni population."

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Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-22 17:57|| 2015-10-22 17:57|| Front Page Top

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