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.

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

• Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Yemen

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

See also

• Katyusha rocket launcher