BM-14
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The Soviet made 140mm BM-14 (BM for Boyevaya Mashina - Battle Machine) Katyusha (Russian "Катюша") type Armored Fighting Vehicle with multiple rocket launchers, built and fielded by the Soviet Union following World War II.
The BM-14 can fire chemical rounds as well as high-explosive fragmentation (M-140F). It is similier to the BM-13 Katyusha and replaced by the 122 mm BM-21 MRL system by the Soviet Army in 1963.
The weapon was not accurate but was extremely effective in saturation bombardment.
Such rockets are often used in guerrilla warfare, Hezbollah, the Iraqi insurgency and the Taliban.
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See also
- Katyusha WWII multiple rocket launchers (BM-13, BM-8, and BM-31)
- BM-21 122mm multiple rocket launcher
- BM-27 220mm multiple rocket launcher
- Multiple Launch Rocket System, U.S. multiple rocket launcher
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