To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
It's reported as a Katusha rocket - that's a Russian design, isn't it?
Is that a shoulder-fired weapon or is it larger?
4 posted on
08/19/2005 6:28:20 AM PDT by
RexBeach
(Pardon me, but is that a malaise sandwich in your pocket or are you just glad to be in a funk?)
To: RexBeach
It's reported as a Katusha rocket - that's a Russian design, isn't it? Is that a shoulder-fired weapon or is it larger?
Larger. They are fired from a tripod mounted tube, I believe. Kinda like a TOW missile but without the guidance.
11 posted on
08/19/2005 6:45:22 AM PDT by
Tallguy
To: RexBeach
A Katyusha is a multiple tube rocket/weapon... mounted on a vehicle. Russians had thousands of'm in WW2. Nickname... 'Stalin Organ'.
13 posted on
08/19/2005 6:53:28 AM PDT by
johnny7
(“Hi Lloyd. A little slow tonight, isn't it?”)
To: RexBeach
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