BM-25 (multiple rocket launcher)

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BM-25

Type	Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin	USSR
Service history
Used by	USSR South Yemen
Production history
Designer	NII-88
Designed	1953
Produced	1957-1960
Specifications
Mass	18,145 kg (40,003 lb)
Length	9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
Width	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Height	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Crew	8-12^[1]

Shell	Length: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) Weight: 455 kg (1,003 lb)
Caliber	250 mm (9.8 in)
Barrels	6
Elevation	0° - 55°
Traverse	6°
Effective firing range	30 km (19 mi)^[1]
Maximum firing range	55 km (34 mi)^[2]

Engine	YaMZ-206B 6-cylinder 205 HP diesel
Suspension	KrAZ-214 6x6 truck chassis
Operational range	530 km (330 mi)
Maximum speed	55 km/h (34 mph)^[1]

The BM-25 Korshun (Kite) as its Russian (GRAU designation 2K5) name was a multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. It was capable of launching 3R7 250 mm rockets from six launch tubes. The support vehicle is a YAZ-214.

Development[edit]

The system was developed in scientific research institute NII-88 in 1953. Its rockets were propelled by a mix of kerosene and nitric acid. It has a range of 55km but was inaccurate.^[2]

Use[edit]

Due to severe inaccuracy of the rocket, only a small quantity had been produced in USSR from 1957 to 1960. It was exported to South Yemen, which used them against North Yemen.^[3]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Foss, Christopher (1977). Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. New York: Collier. p. 27. ISBN 0020806000. OCLC 911907988.
^ ^a ^b Prenatt & Hook 2016, p. 27.
^ Prenatt & Hook 2016, p. 28.

Prenatt, Jamie; Hook, Adam (2016). Katyusha – Russian Multiple Rocket Launchers 1941–Present. New Vanguard 235. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4728-1086-1.

Soviet and Russian armoured fighting vehicles after World War II

Tanks
T-10 PT-76 T-54/T-55 T-62 T-64 T-72 T-80 T-90 T-14 Armata

Armoured personnel carriers

Tracked	BTR-50 MT-LB BTR-D GT-MU PTS Kurganets-25
Wheeled	BTR-40 BTR-60 BTR-70 BTR-80 BTR-90 BPM-97 BTR-152 BTR Bumerang BTR Krymsk SBA-60K2 Bulat

Infantry fighting vehicles
BMP-1 BMP-2 BMP-3 BMD-1 BMD-2 BMD-3 BMD-4 BTR-T BMPT T-15 Armata Kurganets-25

Armored cars
BRDM-1 BRDM-2 GAZ-46 GAZ Tigr GAZ Vodnik VPK-3927 Volk T-98 Kombat Typhoon

Armoured trains
Yenisei Volga Amur Baikal

v t e Soviet and Russian artillery after World War II
Anti-aircraft guns	ZU-23-2 AZP S-60 100 mm air defense gun KS-19 130 mm air defense gun KS-30 152 mm air defense gun KM-52
Anti-tank guns	85 mm anti-tank gun D-48 100 mm anti-tank gun T-12 100 mm anti-tank gun MT-12 125 mm anti-tank gun Sprut
Field guns	D-74 122 mm field gun 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)
Howitzers	122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30) 152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) 152 mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) 2A36 Giatsint-B 180 mm gun S-23
Mortars	2B11 2B14 Podnos M-160 mortar 2B9 Vasilek 240 mm mortar M240 2S12 Sani
Multiple rocket launchers	BM-14 BMD-20 BM-21 Grad BM-24 BM-25 BM-27 Uragan BM-30 Smerch 9К512 Uragan-1M Tornado TOS-1 TOS-2 Zemledeliye
Recoilless rifles	SPG-9 B-10 recoilless rifle B-11 recoilless rifle
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns	ZSU-23-4 Shilka ZSU-37-2 Yenisei ZSU-57-2 2K22 Tunguska
Self-propelled assault guns	ASU-57 ASU-85
Self-propelled howitzers	2A3 Kondensator 2P 2B1 Oka 2S1 Gvozdika 2S3 Akatsiya 2S5 Giatsint-S 2S7 Pion 2S19 Msta-S 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV 2S43 Malva
Self-propelled mortars	2S4 Tyulpan 2S9 Nona 2S31 Vena 2S39 Magnolia 2S40 Floks 2S41 Drok 2S42 Lotos

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