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BM-14
Sign in to saveThe BM-14 (BM for Boyevaya Mashina, 'combat vehicle'), is a Soviet-made 140mm multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), normally mounted on a truck.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- BM-14
- Weapon.image
- Реактивная система залпового огня БМ-14.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A 140mm, 16-round launcher (BM-14) mounted on a ZIS-151 truck.
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Multiple rocket launcher
- Weapon.service
- 1952–present
- Weapon.designer
- NII 303
- Weapon.design_date
- 1950
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_artillery
- yes
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.crew
- 6
- Weapon.caliber
- Diameter: Length: Weight:
- Weapon.barrels
- 16 in two rows
- Weapon.elevation
- +50°/0°
- Weapon.traverse
- 180°
- Weapon.engine
- GAZ-51 70 HP
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The BM-14 (BM for Boyevaya Mashina, 'combat vehicle'), is a Soviet-made 140mm multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), normally mounted on a truck.
The BM-14 can fire 140 mm M-14 rockets with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead, a smoke warhead or a chemical warhead. It is similar to the BM-13 "Katyusha" and was partly replaced in service by the 122 mm BM-21 Grad. While the Grad rockets are smaller, they have longer range and carry larger payloads.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BM-14” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.