- Source: RM-51
The RM-51 (Raketomet vzor 1951) multiple rocket launcher was a Czechoslovak Army alternative of the BM-13 multiple rocket launcher developed in the 1950s.
Variants
vz. 51 – Original model, based on Praga V3S 6×6 truck.
M-51 – Export version used by Austria, based on Steyr 680 M3 6×6 truck.
RM-51 – Export variant, based on ZIS-151 and ZIL-157 6×6 trucks.
Operators
Austria – 18 delivered in 1974, designated M-51.
Bulgaria – 24 delivered in 1963.
Democratic Republic of the Congo – 6 in service as of 2021.
Indonesia – In 2012, Indonesian Army retrofitted their RM-51, including replacing the original Praga V3S truck with Reo M35A2 truck.
Czechoslovakia
Cuba – 20 delivered between 1965 and 1966.
Egypt – 50 delivered between 1957 and 1958.
Libya – 36 delivered between 1976 and 1977.
Romania – 58 delivered between 1956 and 1965. Designated R-2, the launchers were later mounted on ZIL-157 trucks.
Gallery
See also
RM-70 multiple rocket launcher – the successor of RM-51
References
Christopher Chant, A compendium of armaments and military hardware, Routledge, 1987, ISBN 0-7102-0720-4
Christopher F. Foss, Artillery of the World, ISBN 0-7110-0505-2
Franklin D. Margiotta, Brassey's encyclopedia of land forces and warfare, Brassey's, 1996, ISBN 1-57488-087-X
Stroea, Adrian, col. conf. univ. dr., Băjenaru, Gheorghe, lt. col, Artileria română în date și imagini, Editura Centrului Tehnic-Editorial al Armatei, București, 2010, ISBN 978-606-524-080-3
External links
Description and photos in Slovak
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