BM-24

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 ZIS-151 and ZIL-157 6×6 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 in Moscow.^[4] 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.^[1]

BM-24M
BM-24M on a ZIL-157 chassis. Technical Museum of Togliatti
Type	Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin	USSR
Service history
Wars	Six-Day War[1] Yom Kippur War[1] 1982 Lebanon War[1]
Production history
Produced	1947–58
Specifications
Mass	8,680 kg (19,140 lb)
Length	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Width	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Height	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Crew	6[2]
Caliber	Diameter: 240 mm (9.4 in) Long rocket: 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) Weight: 109 kg (240 lb) Short rocket: 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) Weight: 112 kg (247 lb)
Barrels	12 in two rows
Elevation	+65°/0°
Traverse	140°
Muzzle velocity	465 m/s (1,530 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	Long rocket: 10.2 km (6.3 mi) Short rocket: 6.6 km (4.1 mi)[2]
Engine	ZIL-157 109HP 6-cylinder petrol
Suspension	Wheeled ZIL-157 6×6 chassis
Operational range	430 km (270 mi)
Maximum speed	65 km/h (40 mph)[2]

BM-24T
BM-24T on a AT-S tractor chassis.
Type	Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin	USSR
Specifications
Mass	15,240 kg (33,600 lb)
Length	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Width	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Crew	6[3]
Caliber	Diameter: 240 mm (9.4 in) Long rocket: 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) Weight: 109 kg (240 lb) Short rocket: 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) Weight: 112 kg (247 lb)
Barrels	12 in two rows
Elevation	+45°/0°
Traverse	210°
Muzzle velocity	465 m/s (1,530 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	Long rocket: 10.2 km (6.3 mi) Short rocket: 6.6 km (4.1 mi)[2]
Engine	V-54-T 250HP 12-cylinder diesel
Suspension	Tracked
Operational range	380 km (240 mi)
Maximum speed	35 km/h (22 mph)[2]

Variants

• BM-24 (8U31) – Basic model, mounted on a ZIS-151 chassis.^[5]
• BM-24M (2B3) – Modified model, mounted on a ZIL-157 chassis.^[5]
• BM-24T – Tracked model, mounted on an AT-S chassis.^[1]
• Israeli upgraded variant.^[1]

Operators

Operators   Current   Former

Current operators

•  Algeria: 30 BM-24 as of 2016^[update][6]
• Angola^[7]
•  North Korea: KN-16^[8] and BM-24^[9]
•  Yemen

Former operators

• China
•  Cuba^[1]
• Czechoslovakia
• East Germany
• Egypt: 48 in store as of 2016^[update][10]
• Hungary
• Iran
• Iraq
•  Israel: 36 in store as of 2016^[update][11]
• Kuwait
• Jordan
• Libya
• Poland
•  Soviet Union^[12]
• Sudan
•  Syria^[1]
• Tunisia
• Vietnam

See also

• Katyusha rocket launcher

Photo gallery

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  Reload drill
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  Captured Egyptian BM-24 at parade in Jerusalem, 1968
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  BM-24 at Batey Haosef Museum
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  The Israeli 36 rocket MAR-240 on a Sherman tank chassis at Yad la-Shiryon Museum