M-8

Description

The M-8 rocket (scale is approximate)

The M-8 is a Soviet ground-launched rocket.

General info

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Effective damage

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Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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History

The Katyusha was one of the Red Army’s primary self-propelled artillery vehicles during World War II. The multiple rocket launcher was originally developed to use adapted ROS-132 aircraft rockets known as the M-13, but at the same time, the earlier RS-82 rockets were being tested for ground use and were adopted in 1941 as the M-8 rocket with a larger explosive warhead and rocket motor. The M-8 was used in a large number of configurations from a single launcher on a trailer to the BM-8-8 used on the Willys MB and GAZ-67 Jeeps, the BM-8-24 on the T-40 and T-60 light tanks and the BM-8-48 on the same Studebaker truck chassis that was used to make the BM-13N standardized for the Soviet Katyusha M13 launchers. The BM-8 had a 16-rocket launcher for the Red Army riverboat fleet such as the Ya-5M. The M-13 rockets were smaller compared to larger M13s but compensated by unleashing a larger volume of rockets. The largest variant of the M-8 rocket launcher was the BM-8-72 which used 72 launch rails and was mounted on armored trains. The Katyusha was retired from service after World War II, but the influence of the rocket artillery design led to the name being attached to later Soviet designs such as the BM-21 "Grad" (Hail).

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See also

• RS-82 - Air-launched version of M-8 with a smaller warhead and motor
• RBS-82 - Air-launched version of M-8 with a smaller motor and armour-piercing warhead

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Rockets
USA
70 mm	FFAR Mighty Mouse · Hydra-70 M247
110 mm	M8
127 mm	HVAR · Zuni Mk32 Mod 0 ATAP
298 mm	Tiny Tim
408 mm	Yasser
Germany
55 mm	R4M
73 mm	RZ.65
88 mm	Pb2
150 mm	Wgr.41 Spr
210 mm	Wfr.Gr.21
USSR
55 mm	S-5K · S-5KP · S-5M
80 mm	S-8KO · S-8M
82 mm	M-8 · ROS-82 · RBS-82
122 mm	S-13OF
127 mm	S-3K
132 mm	M13 · M-13UK · ROFS-132 · ROS-132 · RBS-132
212 mm	S-1of · S-21
240 mm	S-24 · S-24B
300 mm	M-31
420 mm	S-25O · S-25OF · S-25OFM
425 mm	TT-250
Britain
51 mm	RP
70 mm	CRV7 M247
80 mm	Type R80 SURA T-80-P 3 · Type R80 SURA T-80-US 3
87 mm	AP Mk I · AP Mk II
152 mm	RP-3
183 mm	Triplex R.P.
292 mm	Uncle Tom · Red Angel
Japan
100 mm	Type 5 No.1 Mod.9
120 mm	Type 3 No.1 Mod.28 Mk.1
130 mm	Type 75
210 mm	Type 3 No.6 Mod.27 Mk.1 · Type 5 No.6 Mod.9
China
55 mm	Type 57-1
70 mm	FS70
90 mm	Type 90-1
130 mm	Type 130-2
Italy
50 mm	ARF/8M3(AP-AT)
70 mm	Skyfire-70 AC/AP
France
68 mm	SNEB type 23 · TDA
70 mm	FZ49
100 mm	TBA ECC · TBA Multi-Dart 100 AB
120 mm	T10 140 · T10 151
Sweden
75 mm	srak m/55 Frida · srak m/57B
81 mm	Oerlikon Typ 3Z 8Dla
135 mm	m/56D · psrak m/70
145 mm	psrak m/49B · Psrak m/49/56
150 mm	srak m/51
180 mm	hprak m/49
Israel
80 mm	Flz.-Rakete Oerlikon
127 mm	AR

Naval special armaments
USA
Mortars	7.2-inch T37 · Mk 2
Rockets	5-inch GPSR Mk.7 · Mark 108 Weapon alfa
Missiles	RIM-24A
Germany
Rockets	M/50 Bofors
Missiles	Strela-2M
USSR
Mortars	BM-37 · RBM · RBU-1200 · RBU-2500 · RBU-6000 · RKU-36U
Rockets	BM-14-17 · BM-21 · M13 · M-8
Missiles	Volna-M
Britain
Mortars	Ordnance ML 4.2-inch mortar
Japan
Rockets	4.5-inch BBR Mk.7 (USA) · Mark 108 Weapon alfa (USA)
Italy
Missiles	Nettuno
France
Missiles	SS.11