Comments on: Hungarian Toldi II LT with 44M. Buzogányvető anti-tank rocket launcher

By: Karika

Karika — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:59:11 +0000

You are right, although the Katyhusha rockets were not anti-tank type rocket, they were used mostly against live force. The statement is about the ‘heavy’ AT rockets, and their development was not finished nor by the Soviets, neighter by the other Allied countries before the end of the war.

However I took that part which states that we Hungarians were the the second or third, whatever in the combat usage of the rockets, but it seems it’s author was wrong, and I didn’t looked after it enough. Sorry. Nevertheless, we were amongst the firsts :)

By: Vladimir Shoulzhenko

Vladimir Shoulzhenko — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:46:03 +0000

Weren’t Russian Katyusha rockets, like, waaay before 1944 ? Like, 1938 ? My gramps was actually one of the engineers that helped develop/improve propulsion system for rockets Katyusha was designed to launch…

By: comstedt

comstedt — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:36:06 +0000

strum……

By: apolloF117 .

apolloF117 . — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:59:03 +0000

can i have one? t95 would be happy with me :P

By: Fegelpanzer

Fegelpanzer — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:48:03 +0000

And a bit of Panzerwerfer:)

By: exocet6951

exocet6951 — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:38:58 +0000

A 2% combat hit rate when mounted on IL-2s is not that bad.
Imagine those same rockets used on stable platform (infantryman’s shoulder) at 50m fighting range…

There’s probably a good reason, I just can’t see it.

By: Schepel

Schepel — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:20:34 +0000

The Russians got rockets alright, but efficient they were not. :-) They were usually spammed at a target area, rather than a specific target and their main use in combat was apparently the effect on enemy morale.

By: Karika

Karika — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:56:21 +0000

I’ve never heard about those rockets before, but you’re right. When were those rockets first usage btw?

By: bojan

bojan — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:15:48 +0000

Soviets experimented with ground launched RS-82/132 rockets, those launchers were used in combat. Accuracy was too bad for reliable shooting at tanks, which is something that would appear as a problem with Hungarian launcher also.

By: exocet6951

exocet6951 — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:48:24 +0000

“With this development, Hungary was the third nation, after Germany and the USA, who used domestically designed rocket launcher systems in the World War II”

I find that hard to believe, considering the abundance of Soviet-made rockets fitted to planes, tanks, trucks, and basically anything that could move except for infantry. Because fuck Red Army infantry apparently.

“Here are more AT rifles Yuri”
“Do you think we could have those fancy, cheap as hell and pretty efficient rockets?”
“No, you get more complicated, heavy and quite inefficient AT rifles. Also, Gulag, since you complained”