Soviet troops loading a M-13 rocket onto a BM-13 Katyusha launching rack, 1940sKatyusha rocket launchers firing near Stalingrad, Russia, 6 Oct 1942Soviet Katyusha and T-34 vehicles near Stalingrad, Russia, circa late 1942BM-31 Katyusha rocket launchers in combat, 1944-1945
Soviet troops loading a M-13 rocket onto a BM-13 Katyusha launching rack, 1940sKatyusha rocket launchers firing near Stalingrad, Russia, 6 Oct 1942Soviet Katyusha and T-34 vehicles near Stalingrad, Russia, circa late 1942BM-31 Katyusha rocket launchers in combat, 1944-1945
Soviet BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers firing on Berlin, Germany, Apr 1945Captured Soviet BM-31-12 Katyusha rocket launcher on Studebaker US6 chassis in Berlin, Germany, 2 May 1945Soviet BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a ZiS-151 truck firing a rocket, 1960s; note BM-21 rocket launcher on a Ural-375D chassis at leftBM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher on display at Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany, 2006
Soviet BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers firing on Berlin, Germany, Apr 1945Captured Soviet BM-31-12 Katyusha rocket launcher on Studebaker US6 chassis in Berlin, Germany, 2 May 1945Soviet BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher mounted on a ZiS-151 truck firing a rocket, 1960s; note BM-21 rocket launcher on a Ural-375D chassis at leftBM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher on display at Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany, 2006
BM-13N Katyusha rocket launcher on a Studebaker US6 chassis on display at Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow, Russia, 14 Jul 2006BM-13-16 Katyusha rocket launcher on a ZiS-12 chassis on display at Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol, Ukraine, 15 Aug 2007BM-31-12 on ZiS-12 chassis on display at Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol, Ukraine, 15 Aug 2007BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher on display at Museum of the Great Patriotic War (now National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War), Kyiv, Ukraine, 21 Oct 2007
BM-13N Katyusha rocket launcher on a Studebaker US6 chassis on display at Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow, Russia, 14 Jul 2006BM-13-16 Katyusha rocket launcher on a ZiS-12 chassis on display at Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol, Ukraine, 15 Aug 2007BM-31-12 on ZiS-12 chassis on display at Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol, Ukraine, 15 Aug 2007BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher on display at Museum of the Great Patriotic War (now National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War), Kyiv, Ukraine, 21 Oct 2007
BM-13-16 Katyusha rocket launcher on a STZ-5 NATI tractor chassis on display at Novomoskovsk History and Art Museum, Novomoskovsk, Tula, Russia, 1 May 2009
BM-13-16 Katyusha rocket launcher on a STZ-5 NATI tractor chassis on display at Novomoskovsk History and Art Museum, Novomoskovsk, Tula, Russia, 1 May 2009
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