BM-21 Grad vs Valkiri: Specs Compared

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ARockets & launchers

BM-21 Grad

Multiple rocket launcher

BRockets & launchers

Valkiri

Multiple rocket launcher

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BM-21 GradLength

7.35 m

Length source ↗

ValkiriLength

5.35 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BM-21 Gradlarger figure on 6 of 7

Length+37%
Width+4%
Height+33%
Mass+114%
Crew+50%
Range+1%

Valkirilarger figure on 1 of 7

Calibre+4%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 97 rows sourced on both sides

7.35m

5.35m

Length+37%

All recorded figures & sources

7.35 m

Length

Single source

7,350 mm (24 ft 1 in)^[source]

5.35 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BM-21 Grad and Valkiri configuration
Specification	BM-21 Grad	Valkiri
Type	Multiple rocket launcher^[source]	Multiple rocket launcher^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	South Africa^[source]
In service	1963–present^[source]	1972–present^[source]
Used by	See operators^[source]	South African National Defence Force^[source]

Wars	Sino-Soviet border conflict Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War Western Sahara War Eritrean War of Independence Angolan Civil War Ogaden War South African Border War Uganda–Tanzania War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Soviet–Afghan War Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Second Sudanese Civil War Gulf War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Yugoslav Wars War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) First Chechen War 1995 Cenepa War Kargil War Second Chechen War Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel Ethiopian invasion of Somalia Russo-Georgian War Cambodian–Thai border dispute Gaza War (2008-2009) 2012 Gaza War Bombardment of Yeonpyeong First Libyan Civil War Syrian civil war Northern Mali conflict War in Donbas Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Tigray War Russo-Ukrainian war 2023 Las Anod conflict Gaza war Kivu conflict 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict^[source]	South African Border War Angolan Civil War^[source]

Designer	Splav State Research and Production Enterprise^[source]	Armscor , Somchem^[source]

Designed	1963^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Splav State Research and Production Enterprise^[source]	—

Produced	1963–present^[source]	—

No. built	100,000 +^[source]	—

Variants	See Variants^[source]	Bateleur (40 launch tubes)^[source]

Barrels	40^[source]	24^[source]

Rate of fire	2 rounds/s^[source]	—

Sights	PG-1M panoramic telescope^[source]	—

Suspension	6×6 wheeled^[source]	Mercedes Benz Unimog 4×4 truck^[source]

Filling	—	HE-Fragmentation 2.68 m (8 ft 10 in)^[source]

Engine	—	diesel^[source]

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