Katyusha /Катюша (little cat) RED ARMY WW 2 - ROCKET LAUNCHER - type M-13 ON A WOODY GAZ AA - WW2

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Katyusha /Катюша ( LITTLE CAT) RED ARMY WW2 - ROCKET LUNCHER TYPE M-13 on a GAZ-AA EARLY MODLE WOODY - WITH WOOD DOORS The Katyusha rocket launcher was a highly mobile method of delivering a surprise saturation bombardment of over 4 tons of although it was not very accurate in its target acquisition and was used sometimes haphazardly - with no accurate targeting - its numbers a made up for it in 1941 the crew had only 4 hours training with no actual firing so with more training and more hours spent by operators it started to be a devastating bombardment machine Katyusha. This has a unique story behind it. The existence of this weapon was a secret until after the war. So during the war, it was marked with the letter K, after the factory where it was being manufactured and were named as explosive over a relatively small area. You must be wondering about the name of the rocket launcher and why it was called Kostikov guns to hide their true identity. So the troops of the Red Army nicknamed it Katyusha which was in fact, a patriotic song composed by Mikhail Isakovsky. The name Katyusha is the Russian equivalent of the name Katie and it stuck to the rocket launcher ever since. It also made a loud howling sound when it was being fired and the layout of the rockets on the launcher resembled that of a church organ. The German soldiers thus nicknamed it as ‘Stalin’s Organ‘ as it produced a wailing sound while being launched and it was widely feared by them. The weapon was so secretive that only special NKVD state police personnel and trusted party members were trained and permitted to operate it. But as it entered mass production, the restrictions were lifted and the weapon was available to the regular Soviet army troops. The Katyusha used an improved derivative of the aircraft launched 132 mm RS-132 rocket, the M-13. •It had a 5 kg high explosive (HE) warhead. •The vehicle on which was to be mounted on was designated as the BM-13. The designation BM-13 meant that it was the Combat Machine for the M-13 rockets had a range of 8.5 km •The explosive fragmentation. •These rockets •radius upon impact was over 10 m. •The launch rails could accommodate 16 rockets