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- From: Stefan Kronkvist INF <skronkvi@aton.abo.fi>
- Subject: What are Katyusha rockets ?
- Message-ID: <Bxyv62.G13@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: NCR Corporation -- Law Department
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:06:02 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From Stefan Kronkvist INF <skronkvi@aton.abo.fi>
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- Respond to Steven Schultz.
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- You forget one user: Finland.
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- I am not an expert on the Stalin's Organ,but I have seen them in action.
- During my time in the artillery we once were on a 3 weeks training camp
- to Lappland.The last day we were able to watch a show were another artillery
- brigade took care of the program.
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- First they were shooting a couple of shoots with soviet-made 122 mm
- cannons (the same kind I have seen being used in Yoguslavia),then with
- 155 mm Tampella cannons (max range about 40 km).
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- The most impressing was,however,when they used 6 Stalin's Organs
- to launch 240 rockets in about 16 seconds.The target area was about 600 *
- 200 m.It was not much left of the woods there...
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- When the finns were about to buy the launchers it was ment to put them on
- finnish-made RASI SISU trucks,but when the launchers arrived they were
- already mounthed on URAL 6x6 trucks.The deal was that if we bought the
- launchers we would get the trucks for free.
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- Russian-made trucks are,however,in general very good off-road trucks.The
- machine is not first class,but once you get it started it will take you
- almost anywhere.
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- Stefan V.Kronkvist
- skronkvi@aton.abo.fi 19.11.92
- Abo Akademi University
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