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** Surprisingly, this is [[Older Than Steam]]: The historical Korean [[wikipedia:Hwacha|hwacha]] -- which can be best described as a [[Schizo-Tech]] Katyusha -- also functioned in much the same way, a 15-16th century saturation artillery piece capable of firing up to 100 steel-tipped rockets or 200 singijeon (effectively fire arrows). Therefore although there are hints of a Chinese version, it's likely that this trope was [[Axis Powers Hetalia|invented in Korea]].
** Soviet MLRS, starting from BM-13-16 and BM-8-48 (132mm / 82mm, second is the number of rails) "Katyusha"[[superscript:<ref>see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEkTEhyt_Is on YouTube</ref>],<ref>see [[wikipedia:Katyusha|in wikipedia]]</ref>, also known as "Stalin's Organ" due to their distinctive sound. They had variant ammo (like anti-armor, or spreading thermite elements for ''even more'' [[Impressive Pyrotechnics]]); most fighter-bombers and ground assault planes also carried launchers: 132-mm [http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/bww2/su2/su2-12.jpg x10 on Su-2] x4-8 on Il-2 (save last anti-tank mods) and Il-10, 82-mm x6 on some [http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/fww2/i16-29-i.jpg I-16] (first used on Khalkin-Gol) and [http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/weapon/rs82-1.jpg LaGG-3], as these worked both on ground targets and as pocket flak guns.
** Its descendants the 9K51 (or BM-21) "Grad" ("Hail")[[superscript:<ref>see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-lGwyySrwY on YouTube</ref>],<ref>see [[wikipedia:9K51 Grad|in wikipedia]]</ref> and the BM-30 "Smerch" ("Tornado")[[superscript:
** The Katyusha was outdone by the American [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqfyz_Nc6NI T34 Calliope], basically a Sherman tank with ''sixty'' rocket tubes strapped onto it. Developed a year after the 48-tube Katyusha variant, one wonders if the designers were thinking "those Russians are onto something, but it needs [[More Dakka]]". USSR had a few experimental rocket tanks, but chose to stick with more mobile truck "artillery".
** The modern American equivalent is the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. Each MLRS vehicle can launch 12 277mm rockets within sixty seconds. Each rocket can contain up to 644 submunitions. Total throw is therefore 7,728 bombs launched in under a minute per vehicle. MLRS batteries are colloquially known as 'grid square erasers.'
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