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NORTH KOREA COUNTRY HANDBOOK

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Type:<br />

Max Range:<br />

Rockets:<br />

Rate of Fire:<br />

Reload Time:<br />

Elevation:<br />

Other:<br />

BM-21<br />

122mm multiple rocket launcher (MRL)<br />

20,380 m<br />

Frag-HE, incendiary, smoke, possible chem<br />

.5 sec per rocket<br />

8 min<br />

0 to 55 degrees<br />

40 launch tubes in array of 4 rows of 10 tubes,<br />

each tube is grooved to provide spinning<br />

motion (a combination of spin and fin<br />

stabilization), rocket provides closely<br />

grouped fire that can be operated and fired<br />

from truck cab or fired remotely from up to<br />

60 ft away, BM-21 and other 122mm<br />

rocket launchers can fire all 122mm rockets<br />

designed to fit in Soviet-derived 122mm<br />

launchers (including those that can achieve<br />

ranges of 30,000 to 36,000 meters), mounted<br />

on a URAL 375D (6x6) truck<br />

A-43

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