katyusha

Noun

Meaning

A type of artillery rocket launcher consisting of an array of rockets mounted on a truck, originated in the Soviet Union.
Synonyms: multiple rocket launcher, Grad, Stalin's organ

A type of rocket which can be launched from a Katyusha.
Synonym: Grad

katyusha (plural katyushas)

Alternative letter-case form of Katyusha

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A list of some implementations of the Katyusha follows: Porter, pp 158–65. Source: Internet

Although Katyusha originally referred to the mobile launcher, today the rockets are often referred to as Katyushas. Source: Internet

But only hours after Ghaani delivered Iran's message in Baghdad — and while he was still in Iraq — a barrage of Katyusha rockets were fired at the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone, landing a few hundred meters (yards) from the U.S. Embassy. Source: Internet

By the end of 1942, 3,237 Katyusha launchers of all types had been built, and by the end of the war total production reached about 10,000. Source: Internet

But the artillery branch was not fond of the Katyusha, because it took up to 50 minutes to load and fire 24 rounds, while a conventional howitzer could fire 95 to 150 rounds in the same time. Source: Internet

Five Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign embassies, late on Sunday, without reporting casualties, a military statement said. Source: Internet

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