BM-24

• Name — BM-24M • Origin — USSR • Wars — Six-Day War Yom Kippur War 1982 Lebanon War • Type — Multiple rocket launcher • Is Ranged — yes • Is Artillery — yes • Is Vehicle — yes • Weight — 8680 kg • Length — 6.7 m • Width — 2.3 m • Height — 2.9 m • Production Date — 1947–58 • Crew — 6 • Caliber — Diameter: 240 mm • Long rocket: 1.3 m • Weight: 109 kg • Short rocket: 1.2 m • Weight: 112 kg • Barrels — 12 in two rows • Velocity — 465 m/s • Max Range — Long rocket: 10.2 km Short rocket: 6.6 km • Elevation — +65°/0° • Traverse — 140° • Engine — ZIL-157 109HP • Engine Power — 6-cylinder petrol • Suspension — Wheeled ZIL-157 6×6 chassis • Vehicle Range — 430 km • Speed — 65 km/h

• Name — BM-24T • Origin — USSR • Type — Multiple rocket launcher • Is Ranged — yes • Is Artillery — yes • Is Vehicle — yes • Weight — 15240 kg • Length — 5.8 m • Width — 2.5 m • Height — 3.1 m • Crew — 6 • Caliber — Diameter: 240 mm • Long rocket: 1.3 m • Weight: 109 kg • Short rocket: 1.2 m • Weight: 112 kg • Barrels — 12 in two rows • Velocity — 465 m/s • Max Range — Long rocket: 10.2 km Short rocket: 6.6 km • Elevation — +45°/0° • Traverse — 210° • Engine — V-54-T 250HP • Engine Power — 12-cylinder diesel • Suspension — Tracked • Vehicle Range — 380 km • Speed — 35 km/h 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. 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.

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

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• 30 BM-24 As of 2016 • Angola • KN-16 and BM-24 *

• China * • Czechoslovakia • East Germany • Egypt: 48 in store As of 2016 • Hungary • Iran • Iraq • 36 in store As of 2016 • Kuwait • Jordan • Libya • Poland * • Sudan * • Tunisia • Vietnam

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