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9M43

Rocket  
Russian Federation
USSR

The 9M43 (9М43) is a 122 mm artillery rocket that is designed to create smoke screens. The 9M43 artillery rocket is thought to have been adopted in 1989. The rocket was designed to be launched from the 2B5 (2Б5) or 2B17 (2Б17) vehicles of the 9K51 (9К51) Grad (Град, lit. ‘Hail’) multiple rocket launcher (MRL) system, or other later Russian and foreign MRL systems. The 9K51 system, along with the 2B5 and 2B17 vehicles are also referred to as t...

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