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RM-51
Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The RM-51 (Raketomet vzor 1951) multiple rocket launcher was a Czechoslovak Army alternative of the BM-13 multiple rocket launcher developed in the 1950s.
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Variants
Operators
Austria – 18 delivered in 1974, designated M-51.[2]
Bulgaria – 24 delivered in 1963.[3]
Democratic Republic of the Congo – 6 in service as of 2021.[4]
Indonesia – In 2012, Indonesian Army retrofitted their RM-51, including replacing the original Praga V3S truck with Reo M35A2 truck.[5][6]
Czechoslovakia
Cuba – 20 delivered between 1965 and 1966.[3]
Egypt – 50 delivered between 1957 and 1958.[3]
Libya – 36 delivered between 1976 and 1977.[3]
Romania – 58 delivered between 1956 and 1965.[3] Designated R-2,[7] the launchers were later mounted on ZIL-157 trucks.[8]
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Gallery
- Vintage vz. 51 on Praga V3S chassis
- Egyptian vz. 51 during Six-Day War
- Captured Egyptian vz. 51 at parade in Jerusalem, 1968
See also
- RM-70 multiple rocket launcher – the successor of RM-51
References
External links
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