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BM-24T
BM-24T
	BM-24T on a AT-S tractor chassis.
Type	Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin	USSR
Specifications
Mass	15,240 kg (33,600 lb)
Length	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Width	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Crew	6
Caliber	Diameter: 240 mm (9.4 in) Long rocket: 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in); Weight: 109 kg (240 lb); Short rocket: 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in); Weight: 112 kg (247 lb);
Barrels	12 in two rows
Elevation	+45°/0°
Traverse	210°
Muzzle velocity	465 m/s (1,530 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	Long rocket: 10.2 km (6.3 mi); Short rocket: 6.6 km (4.1 mi)
Engine	V-54-T 250HP; 12-cylinder diesel
Suspension	Tracked
Operational; range	380 km (240 mi)
Maximum speed	35 km/h (22 mph)

BM-24M
BM-24M
	BM-24M on a ZIL-157 chassis. Technical Museum of Togliatti
Type	Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin	USSR
Service history
Wars	Six-Day War; Yom Kippur War; 1982 Lebanon War
Production history
Produced	1947–58
Specifications
Mass	8,680 kg (19,140 lb)
Length	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Width	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Height	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Crew	6
Caliber	Diameter: 240 mm (9.4 in) Long rocket: 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in); Weight: 109 kg (240 lb); Short rocket: 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in); Weight: 112 kg (247 lb);
Barrels	12 in two rows
Elevation	+65°/0°
Traverse	140°
Muzzle velocity	465 m/s (1,530 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	Long rocket: 10.2 km (6.3 mi); Short rocket: 6.6 km (4.1 mi)
Engine	ZIL-157 109HP; 6-cylinder petrol
Suspension	Wheeled ZIL-157; 6×6 chassis
Operational; range	430 km (270 mi)
Maximum speed	65 km/h (40 mph)

The BM-24 is a multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. It is capable of launching 240mm rockets from 12 launch tubes. Versions of the BM-24 have been mounted on the ZIS-151 and ZIL-157 6×6 Truck chassis and the AT-S tracked artillery tractor, forming the BM-24T from the latter. Production began out of Automotive Factory no. 2 in 1947 in Moscow.^[4] Israel operated one battalion, consisting of vehicles captured from Egypt in the Six-Day War. The battalion took part in the Yom Kippur War and the 1982 Lebanon War.^[1]

Variants

BM-24 (8U31) – Basic model, mounted on a ZIS-151 chassis.^[5]
BM-24M (2B3) – Modified model, mounted on a ZIL-157 chassis.^[5]
BM-24T – Tracked model, mounted on an AT-S chassis.^[1]
Israeli upgraded variant.^[1]

Operators

Current operators

Algeria: 30 BM-24 as of 2016^[update]^[6]
Angola^[7]
North Korea: KN-16^[8] and BM-24^[9]
Yemen

Former operators

China
Cuba^[1]
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Egypt: 48 in store as of 2016^[update]^[10]
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Israel: 36 in store as of 2016^[update]^[11]
Kuwait
Jordan
Libya
Poland
Soviet Union^[12]
Sudan
Syria^[1]
Tunisia
Vietnam

Photo gallery

Reload drill
Captured Egyptian BM-24 at parade in Jerusalem, 1968
BM-24 at Batey Haosef Museum
The Israeli 36 rocket MAR-240 on a Sherman tank chassis at Yad la-Shiryon Museum

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Prenatt 2016, p. 25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Foss, Christopher (1977). Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. New York: Collier. p. 179. ISBN 0020806000. OCLC 911907988.
^ Foss, Christopher (1977). Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. New York: Collier. p. 181. ISBN 0020806000. OCLC 911907988.
^ "BM-24 (Katyusha) 6x6 Wheeled Multiple Launch Rocket System". Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ ^a ^b Prenatt 2016, p. 24.
^ Military Balance 2016, p. 320.
^ Military Balance 2016, p. 429.
^ Diplomat, Ankit Panda, The. "South Korea's Joint Chiefs Want to Intercept North Korean Rocket Artillery Volleys". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Military Balance 2016, p. 265.
^ Military Balance 2016, p. 324.
^ Military Balance 2016, p. 334.
^ Prenatt 2016, p. 30.

Prenatt, Jamie; Hook, Adam (2016). Katyusha – Russian Multiple Rocket Launchers 1941–Present. New Vanguard 235. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4728-1086-1.
International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2016). The Military Balance 2016. Vol. 116. Routlegde. ISBN 9781857438352.