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Katyusha

Soviet free-flight rocket of World War II. It was fired from racks mounted in a heavy truck and had a range of about 5 km/3 mi. Each truck had 48 launcher racks and a battalion could lay down an immense rapid-fire barrage.

The rocket was 1.8 m/5.9 ft long and 130 mm/5.1 in diameter and weighed 42 kg/92 lb complete with a 22 kg/48 lb explosive warhead.



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Unlike those used by Israel, the Iranian-made Katyusha rockets it launched into northern Israel were not precision rockets.
War crimes in recent Lebanon conflict by Draves, Amie / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
While the left condemns Israel's full-scale attack on southern Lebanon in response to being purposely baited by Hezbollah, Human Rights Watch also describes a litany of war crimes committed against Israel, including the indiscriminate use of Katyusha rockets against Israeli populations and terrorism.
Outrage and shame by Eble, Karen / The Progressive
Hezbollah leaders, backed by Iran and Syria and bent on the destruction of Israel, have 13,000 Katyusha rockets and thousands of troops to employ in an all-out effort to destabilize Israel and the region.
America's Mortal Danger: in his new book In Mortal Danger, ... by Behreandt, Dennis / The New American
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