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|name = BM-23
 
|name = BM-23
 
|health = 1000
 
|health = 1000
|disable= 60%
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|disable = 60%
 
|used = [[File:Flag_of_Russia.svg|20px]] [[Russian Federation]]
 
|used = [[File:Flag_of_Russia.svg|20px]] [[Russian Federation]]
 
|weapon2= 6 x 122 mm M-21OF rocket
 
|weapon2= 6 x 122 mm M-21OF rocket
 
|ammo2=6
 
|ammo2=6
 
|fire2=
 
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|weaponalt2= [[Anti-Air Missile]] <small>(Complete "Anti-Air Support" assignment)</small><br> [[Air-Burst Missile]] <small>(Complete "Rocket Specialist" assignment)</small><br> [[ATACMS Missile]] <small>(2500 points)</small><br>
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[[ATGM Launcher]] <small>(7000 points)</small><br>
 
|passengers = Driver and Gunner<br>(1 total)
 
|passengers = Driver and Gunner<br>(1 total)
 
|counter = [[IR Smoke]] <small>(400 points)</small>; [[Proximity Defence]]<small>(9000 points)</small>
 
|counter = [[IR Smoke]] <small>(400 points)</small>; [[Proximity Defence]]<small>(9000 points)</small>
 
|optics = [[Zoom Optics]] <small>(4500 points)</small>
 
|optics = [[Zoom Optics]] <small>(4500 points)</small>
|armor = |weapon1 = none}}{{quote|Russian multiple rocket launch system mounted on a soviet truck. |Battlelog description}}
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|armor = none}}{{quote|Russian multiple rocket launch system mounted on a soviet truck. |Battlelog description}}
 
===Single Player===
 
===Single Player===
 
In ''[[Battlefield 3]]'', the '''BM-21''' is used by the [[PLR]] forces as seen in Single Player mode firing rockets at the aerial US forces. The player encounters, and destroys them at a firebase camp in the mission [[Thunder Run]].
 
In ''[[Battlefield 3]]'', the '''BM-21''' is used by the [[PLR]] forces as seen in Single Player mode firing rockets at the aerial US forces. The player encounters, and destroys them at a firebase camp in the mission [[Thunder Run]].

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The BM-21 on a Ural-375D chassis.

The BM-21 (Russian: Боевая Mашина Полевой реактивной системы М-21 Boevaya mashina Polevoĭ ryeaktivnoĭ sistemy M-21; English: Combat Vehicle rocket system, Field M-21) was a Soviet multiple rocket launcher system designed in 1964. Developed from the same principle as the Katyusha, the BM-21 was used as a mobile, long range artillery weapon, as it could fire large, heavy and powerful 122mm rockets in rapid succession (120 per minute) at a range of up to 20 kilometers (12.4 miles).

Battlefield Vietnam

In Battlefield Vietnam, the BM-21 is issued to the North Vietnamese Army. It has space for two players: one driver and one gunner. Its main feature is its exceptionally effective armament, a multiple rocket launcher that the gunner uses. It can fire 12 rockets per reload, with a total of four reloads, at a rate of around 120 rockets per minute. Each rocket is equivalent in power to a rocket from an RPG-2 or RPG-7, and hence can cause devastating damage against almost any target. However, the disadvantage of using the BM-21 is its extremely light armor, meaning it can be destroyed in one to two tank shells or rockets. Its rocket launcher also has a great load of recoil, throwing off the player's aim by at least 15° with each shot, making constant firing largely ineffective and inaccurate at long range. As well, the reload for its rockets is very slow, taking nearly ten seconds to be ready to fire again.

Battlefield 3

"Russian multiple rocket launch system mounted on a soviet truck. "

— Battlelog description

Single Player

In Battlefield 3, the BM-21 is used by the PLR forces as seen in Single Player mode firing rockets at the aerial US forces. The player encounters, and destroys them at a firebase camp in the mission Thunder Run.

Co-op

The BM-21 appears in Co-op during the mission Exfiltration as scenery. They can be destroyed in this mission.

Multiplayer

In multiplayer, the BM-21 is incorrectly called the BM-23, and appears in Armored Kill. The vehicle can only hold one person, but has two seats. The operator must switch between the driver and gunner positions, preventing use of weapons while moving.

Its main weapon system is a turret capable of swiveling 360° and firing six rockets in one salvo. The minimap can be expanded to show the impact areas, much like the behavior for the M224 Mortar after the matching patch. On level ground it has a minimum engagement distance of about 50 meters, and a maximum of about 600. The targeting reticule roughly corresponds to 50 meter increments, starting with 100m at the top. Adjustments must be made when attacking other elevations.

A quirk in the projectile behavior allows them to pass through objects shortly after launch, reducing the risk of the operator injuring himself if firing near cover.

Although not equipped with close-range weapons, the Proximity Defense specialization surrounds the vehicle with smoke that is very harmful to infantry. (A current bug causes the operator to also receive damage or even suicide when stationary.)

The TOW missile used by the vehicle fires at a higher trajectory and faster speed than the comparable ATGM Launcher for IFVs, but is otherwise the same.

The specializations available to mobile artillery vehicles focus mainly on alternate weapons and threat minimization:



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