BM-21 Grad

Key specs
- Type
- Multiple rocket launcher
- Origin
Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- Splav State Research and Production Enterprise
- Designer
- Splav State Research and Production Enterprise
- Designed
- 1963
- Entered service
- 1963
- Production start
- 1963
- Units produced
- 100,000
- Status
- In service
- Crew
- 3
Multiple rocket launcher
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BM-21 Grad is a multiple rocket launcher from the Soviet Union, made by Splav State Research and Production Enterprise. It entered service in 1963; production began in 1963; 100,000 were built. It carries 40 122 mm rockets up to 52 km. It is used or was used by Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Israel, Afghanistan and 56 other countries, and saw combat in the Second Karabakh War, the First Karabakh War, the Russo-Ukrainian War, among others.
Specifications
Armament
- Main armament
- 40 × 122 mm
- Caliber
- 122 mm
- Maximum range of fire
- 52 km
- Rate of fire
- 120 rds/min
- Rockets or missiles ready to fire
- 40
Dimensions and weights
- Weight
- 14 t
- Length
- 7.35 m
- Width
- 2.40 m
- Height
- 3.09 m
Mobility and protection
- Engine
- V8 gasoline ZiL-375
- Power
- 130 kW
- Road speed
- 75 km/h
- Operational range
- 405 km
- Suspension
- 6×6 wheeled
Users & conflicts
Conflicts
Operators
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Chad
China
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Ecuador
Egypt
Ethiopia
Finland
Georgia
Greece
India
Iran
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Myanmar
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Peru
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
ZimbabweEast Germany
Hungary
Israel
Libya
Moldova
Yemen
Sources
- Wikipedia: BM-21 Grad, Wikipedia
Figures from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article, completed from Wikidata and the article in other languages where it gives none; where there are several versions, the first one given. Operators include former ones; the side that used a vehicle in a war is derived from its operators.












