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Katyusha

Katyusha (also called "Stalin's Organ") was a Russian rocket used during World War II. It was fired from racks mounted on a truck. Each truck had 48 launchers. The rocket was 1.8 m long and had a 22 kg explosive warhead with a range of about 5 km.

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