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

• – 18 delivered in 1974, designated M-51.
• – 24 delivered in 1963.
• – 6 in service as of 2021.
• – In 2012, Indonesian Army retrofitted their RM-51, including replacing the original Praga V3S truck with Reo M35A2 truck.
• – 20 delivered between 1965 and 1966.
• – 50 delivered between 1957 and 1958.
• – 36 delivered between 1976 and 1977.
• – 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,
• Christopher F. Foss, Artillery of the World,
• Franklin D. Margiotta, Brassey's encyclopedia of land forces and warfare, Brassey's, 1996,
• Stroea, Adrian, col. conf. univ. dr., Băjenaru, Gheorghe, lt. col, Artileria română în date și imagini, Editura Centrului Tehnic-Editorial al Armatei, București, 2010,

External links

• Description and photos in Slovak