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Grad

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  • Stati Uniti//ˈɡɹɑd//
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A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this.

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    A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this.

    It supplements the 220 mm BM-22 Uragan (‘Hurricane’) and 122 mm BM-21 Grad (‘Hail’) MRLs, already in service.

    The MRL systems Smerch, Uragan, and Grad are designed to destroy concentrations of personnel and various vehicles at distances up to 70 kilometers.

    The Russians fought back with Grad rocket-launcher salvos and mortar attacks (they also made some use of armor).

    “[w]e saw Hamas come and put up rocket launchers and fire. We could tell they were Grads by the sound, which is louder and deeper than that of Qassams.”

Etimologia

From Russian Град (Grad, “codename for a type of multiple rocket launcher”), from Russian град (grad, “hail”).

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