rocket artillery

Rocket artillery is artillery that uses rockets as the projectile. The use of rocket artillery dates back to medieval China where devices such as fire arrows were used. Fire arrows were also used in multiple launch systems and transported via carts. In the late nineteenth century, due to improvements in the power and range of conventional artillery, the use of early military rockets declined; they were finally used on a small scale by both sides during the American Civil War. Modern rocket artillery was first employed during World War II, in the form of the German Nebelwerfer family of rocket ordnance designs, Soviet Katyusha-series and numerous other systems employed on a smaller scale by the Western allies and Japan. In modern use, the rockets are often guided by an internal guiding system or GPS in order to maintain accuracy.

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  Astros II ⓘ
  multiple launch rocket system by Avibras

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  multiple rocket launcher ⓘ
  type of unguided rocket artillery system

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  Noor ⓘ
  Iranian artillery rocket

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  Qassam rocket ⓘ
  type of rocket used by the military wing of Hamas against Israel

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  rocket artillery fighting vehicle ⓘ
  type of self-propelled multiple rocket launch system

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  2K6 Luna ⓘ
  rocket artillery system

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  9K52 Luna-M ⓘ
  rocket artillery system

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  9P132 Grad-P ⓘ
  Rocket launcher

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  M142 HIMARS ⓘ
  light multiple rocket launcher

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  K239 Chunmoo ⓘ
  multiple rocket launcher system of South Korea

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Use of rockets in an assault by Mysorean troops on Travancore Line fortification (29 December 1789)

Report of an assault by Tipu Sultan's troops on 29 December 1789

Report of an assault by Tipu Sultan's troops on 29 December 1789

Report of an assault by Tipu Sultan's troops on 29 December 1789

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Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - IAF Bombs Katyusha Rocket Launchers

Artillery 876

122 mm Projectile of MRL

International Maritime Defence Show 2011 (377-12)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		Astros II	rocket artillery	Wikidata
class	weapon		multiple rocket launcher	rocket artillery	Wikidata
class	weapon		Noor	rocket artillery	Wikidata
class	weapon		Qassam rocket	rocket artillery, surface-to-surface missile, short-range ballistic missile	Wikidata
class	weapon		rocket artillery fighting vehicle	multiple rocket launcher, combat vehicle, self-propelled artillery	Wikidata
class	weapon	1960	2K6 Luna	rocket artillery	Wikidata
class	weapon	1964	9K52 Luna-M	rocket artillery, rocket launcher	Wikidata
class	weapon	1965	9P132 Grad-P	rocket launcher, rocket artillery	Wikidata
class	weapon	1996	M142 HIMARS	multiple rocket launcher, rocket artillery	Wikidata
class	weapon	2015	K239 Chunmoo	multiple rocket launcher, rocket artillery	Wikidata
commons	image		Fotothek df tg 0002869 Kriegskunst ^ Feuerwerk ^ Rakete		Commons
commons	image		Use of rockets in an assault by Mysorean troops on Travancore Line fortification (29 December 1789)		Commons
commons	image		Report of an assault by Tipu Sultan's troops on 29 December 1789		Commons
commons	image		Report of an assault by Tipu Sultan's troops on 29 December 1789		Commons
commons	image		Report of an assault by Tipu Sultan's troops on 29 December 1789		Commons
commons	image		V2 bsb10498521 00382 full full 0 default~4		Commons
commons	image		Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - IAF Bombs Katyusha Rocket Launchers		Commons
commons	image		Artillery 876		Commons
commons	image		122 mm Projectile of MRL		Commons
commons	image		International Maritime Defence Show 2011 (377-12)		Commons