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We continue to write about the myths that have arisen around some samples of Soviet weapons. We have already talked about the T-62 tanks, now let's remember about another hero of the events at Damansky - BM-21 "Grad". This multiple rocket launcher system is also called secret in many publications, they say, nothing was known about it before these battles.
Indeed, this border conflict became the first "hot spot" where MLRS, which had been in service with the Soviet Army for 6 years, were used. But were they secret? No. The fact is that on November 7, 1965, that is, two days after the start of mass enlistment, these heiresses of the Katyusha on the chassis of Ural-375 all-terrain vehicles took part in a military parade on Red Square.
Looking at the presented machines, experts could calculate the estimated characteristics of the used jet ammunition, their mass, firing range.
Of course, this does not detract from the effectiveness of the BM-21 during the fighting in March 1969. However, there is still no data on whether the Chinese realized that these installations were used for them, and not the equipment of the previous generation.
