BM-14

The BM-14 is a Soviet-designed 140mm multiple rocket launcher, typically mounted on a truck chassis. It fires 140mm M-14 rockets, capable of delivering high-explosive, smoke, or chemical warheads over a range of several kilometers.

Developed in the late 1940s to replace the iconic but less accurate World War II-era BM-13 "Katyusha," the BM-14 officially entered service with the Soviet Army in 1952. It was designed to provide rapid, area-denial barrage fire using spin-stabilized projectiles, which offered significantly improved accuracy over its fin-stabilized predecessors. The system was widely exported to Warsaw Pact allies and developing nations, seeing extensive combat in conflicts such as the Algerian War, the Six-Day War, and the Soviet-Afghan War. Although largely superseded in Russian service by the 122mm BM-21 Grad, the BM-14 remains in active service or reserve status with several nations in Asia and Africa today.