RM-51
Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
Maximum speed 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (cross-country)
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.
Variants
- vz. 51 – Original model, based on Praga V3S 6×6 truck.
- M-51 – Export version used by Austria, based on Steyr 680 M3 6×6 truck.
- RM-51 – Export variant, based on ZIS-151 and ZIL-157 6×6 trucks.
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]
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
- ^ Foss, Christopher (1977). Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. New York: Collier. p. 157. ISBN 0020806000. OCLC 911907988.
- ^ "Bundesheer – TRUPPENDIENST – Ausgabe 1/2005 – Waffengattungen des Österreichischen Bundesheeres".
- ^ a b c d e Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 461. ISBN 9781032012278.
- ^ "UPAYA PEMANFAATAN KEMBALI SISTA RL ARMED 130 MM – Ditpal-tniad.mil.id". Ditpal-tniad.mil.id. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
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- ^ Janes.com
- Christopher Chant, A compendium of armaments and military hardware, Routledge, 1987, ISBN 0-7102-0720-4
- Christopher F. Foss, Artillery of the World, ISBN 0-7110-0505-2
- Franklin D. Margiotta, Brassey's encyclopedia of land forces and warfare, Brassey's, 1996, ISBN 1-57488-087-X
- Stroea, Adrian, col. conf. univ. dr., Băjenaru, Gheorghe, lt. col, Artileria română în date și imagini, Editura Centrului Tehnic-Editorial al Armatei, București, 2010, ISBN 978-606-524-080-3
External links
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