BM-24

BM-24

Type	Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Production history
Produced	1947-58
Specifications
Crew	6

Shell	Length: 1.18 m (3 ft 10 in) Weight: 112.5 kg (248 lb) Warhead: 46.9 kg (103 lb)
Caliber	240 mm (9.45 in)
Barrels	12
Maximum firing range	11 km (6.8 mi)

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 ZIL-151 6x6 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 Moscow.^[1]

BM-24T

Variants

A 140mm, 16-round towed launcher (RPU-14).

BM-24 (8U31) - basic model, launcher mounted on the ZiS-151 truck.
BM-24M (2B3) - modified model, mounted on the ZIL-157.

Operators

Map of BM-24 operators in blue with former operators in red

Current operators

Former operators

China
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Egypt
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
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.
Jordan
Libya
Poland
Soviet Union
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
Vietnam

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to BM-24.

Russian, Ukrainian, and former Soviet armoured fighting vehicles after World War II

Tanks

T-10 T-54/T-55 T-55AGM T-55AGM PT-76 T-62 T-64 T-72 T-80 T-84 T-90 T-14 Armata Tifon 2a

Armoured personnel carriers

Tracked	BTR-50 MT-LB BTR-D GT-MU Kurganets-25 PTS

Wheeled	BTR-3 BTR-4 BTR-7 BTR-40 BTR-60 BTR-70 BTR-80 BTR-90 BPM-97 BTR-94 BTR-152 SBA-60K2 Bulat BTR Bumerang BTR Krymsk

Infantry fighting vehicles

BMP-1 BMP-2 BMP-3 BMD-1 BMD-2 BMD-3 BMD-4 BTR-T ATOM BMPV-64 (ru:БМПВ-64/uk:БМПВ-64) BMPT Lazika T-15 Armata Kurganets-25

Self-propelled artillery

Guns	1K17 Szhatie 2S1 Gvozdika 2S3 Akatsiya 2S4 Tyulpan 2S5 Giatsint 2S7 Pion 2S9 Nona 2S19 Msta 2S23 Nona-SVK 2S25 2S27 Msta-K 2S30 Iset 2S31 Vena 2S33 Msta-SM 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV ASU-57 ASU-85 A-222 Bereg

MRLs	BM-14 BM-21 Grad BM-24 BM-25 BM-27 Uragan TOS-1 BM-30 Smerch 9A52-4 Tornado Polonez RS-122

Missiles	2K1 Mars (FROG-2) 2K6 Luna (FROG-3/5) 9K52 Luna-M (FROG-7) 9K79 Tochka (SS-21 Scarab) R-400 Oka (SS-23 Spider) Iskander (SS-26 Stone) K-300P Bastion-P

Armored cars and other

BRDM BRDM-2 Didgori-1 Didgori-2 Didgori-3 Didgori Medevac Dozor-B GAZ Tiger GAZ 46 GAZ Vodnik I-52 Kozak VEPR VPK-3927 Volk T-98 Kombat Typhoon

Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons

Guns	BTR-40A BTR-152A BTR-152D ZSU-57-2 ZSU-23-4 2S6 Tunguska Pantsir-S1

Missiles	2K11 Krug (SA-4 Ganef) 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) 9K22 Tunguska (SA-19 Grison) 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 Gaskin) 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko) 9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher) 9K37 Buk (SA-11 Gadfly) 9K330 Tor (SA-15 Gauntlet) S-300 (SA-10 Grumble) Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 Greyhound)

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