Talk:BM-21

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I am concerned that the article title "9K51 Grad" does not appear at all in the lengthy article itself. - cohesion★talk 04:46, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

If you are concerned that the article might be about the wrong weapon or that the designation BM-21 or 9K51 is incorrect, it is not. As far as I know, BM-21 is the launching vehicle (BM probably stands for "Boyevaya mashina" - "Combat vehicle"), while 9K51 is the whole system including both BM-21 and a fire control system called "Vivariy". The article needs work, though. Bukvoed 10:27, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

The Combat Weight listed in the article is 13.7 m. m is for meter, a unit of length, not weight.

Looking "grad rocket range" up on the web I see that reported range is on the order of tens of kilometers: e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qassam_rocket and not 250-450 km as reported here —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.90.237.34 (talk • contribs) .

Don't confuse the vehicle's combat range, i.e. driving on a tank of gas, with the weapon system's effective range. —Michael Z. 2006-07-19 14:01 Z

[edit] Does Hamas have Grad rockets (as reported by Israeli news)

I added Hamas to the list of operators as Haaretz reported Grad rocket fire from Gaza. I doubt the truck and even the launching tube array are in Gaza as they can only bring in the missles via tunnels. I wonder if the Israeli news sources are calling generic 122mm rockets Grads. A knowledgable person should confirm if Hamas actual has a Grad weapons system, as opposed to some other. Geo8rge (talk) 03:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to know too. Note that the news outlets started talking about grads after the fall of the Gaza-Egypt barrier, so they may not come via tunnels. Emmanuelm (talk) 17:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)