Why This 'Screaming' Soviet Rocket Terrified German Soldiers Before It Even Hit
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Описание: The screaming sound alone was enough to make battle-hardened German soldiers abandon their positions before the first rocket even hit—this is the terrifying story of the Katyusha, Stalin's Organ, the Soviet rocket launcher that revolutionized warfare through psychological terror. Mounted on simple trucks and firing sixteen rockets in just seven seconds, this crude but devastating weapon could obliterate four hectares of ground in a single salvo, then vanish before German counter-battery fire could respond. From its secret debut at Orsha in July nineteen forty-one to the massive barrages at Stalingrad and Kursk, the BM-13 Katyusha became the signature weapon of the Red Army's advance across the Eastern Front, a weapon so feared that its distinctive howl triggered primal panic in even the most experienced Wehrmacht troops. While the Germans scrambled to develop their Nebelwerfer in response and Americans experimented with their own rocket systems, none could match the raw psychological impact of those screaming Soviet rockets that turned the tide of World War Two through engineering terror itself into the weapon.
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