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BM-21 "Grad"

Self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union.

A Russian BM-21 Grad rocket launcher on a Ural-4320 chassis (2B17) in Saint Petersburg before the Victory Parade.
Photo via Wikimedia by Robert Wray, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
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About the "Grad"

The BM-21 "Grad" is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system and the M-21OF rocket were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first combat use in March 1969 during the Sino-Soviet border conflict.