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.
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== 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 Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine