Grad

Noun

1. A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this.
   • It supplements the 220 mm BM-22 Uragan (‘Hurricane’) and 122 mm BM-21 Grad (‘Hail’) MRLs, already in service. - 1989, Jane’s Defence Weekly, volume 12, Coulsdon, UK: Jane’s, page 1050:
   • The MRL systems Smerch, Uragan, and Grad are designed to destroy concentrations of personnel and various vehicles at distances up to 70 kilometers. - 1998, Field Artillery Association (U.S.), Field Artillery, page 7:
   • The Russians fought back with Grad rocket-launcher salvos and mortar attacks (they also made some use of armor). - 2001, Olga Oliker, Russia’s Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from Urban Combat, Santa Monica, California:...