{
  "id": "bm-14",
  "name": "BM-14",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "land",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "140mm multiple launch rocket system",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1952,
  "operators": [
    "AFG",
    "AGO",
    "ALB",
    "BFA",
    "CHN",
    "COG",
    "CUB",
    "DZA",
    "EGY",
    "IDN",
    "KHM",
    "LAO",
    "MDG",
    "POL",
    "PRK",
    "RUS",
    "SDN",
    "SYR",
    "VNM",
    "YEM",
    "ZWE"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 21,
  "summary": "The BM-14 (BM for Boyevaya Mashina, 'combat vehicle), is a Soviet-made 140mm multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), normally mounted on a truck. The BM-14 can fire 140 mm M-14 rockets with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead, a smoke warhead, or a chemical warhead.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "NII 303",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 6,
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Chassis",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "The launcher module is mounted on a modified ZIL-151 6x6 truck chassis",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 6.92,
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 2.3,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 3.17,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "combat_weight_t",
      "v": 8.4,
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "ZIL-121",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_hp",
      "v": 92,
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Transmission",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "Manual, 5 forward, 1 reverse",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_road_kmh",
      "v": 60,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "road_range_km",
      "v": 600,
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fording",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "0.8 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hull Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "All BM-14 launchers do not feature any protection from direct and indirect fire or NBC threats. The launcher is operated, fired and reloaded outside the vehicle.",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "Rocket (HE-FRAG, Smoke, and Chemical)",
      "role": "140 mm ammunition",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Warhead": "18.4 kg"
      },
      "qty": "16 ea"
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "BM-14M",
      "text": "improved version, mounted on a ZIL-157 chassis. In 1958 production of the ZIL-151 truck ceased in favor to the newer ZIL-157. So launcher module was simply relocated onto a new chassis.",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BM-14MM",
      "text": "improved version, mounted on a ZIL-131 chassis. It appeared in the mid 1960s. This vehicle has better cross-country mobility due to a 150 hp engine and central tyre inflation system. Artillery module is exactly the same ",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BM-14-17 (8U35)",
      "text": "17-round (8+9 launch tubes) launcher, mounted on the GAZ-63A. Developed in 1959. This launcher was also used on naval vessels, for example Project 1204 patrol boats.",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BM-14-17M (8U35M)",
      "text": "modified model, mounted on the GAZ-66.",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "RPU-14 (8U38)",
      "text": "towed 16-round version, based on the carriage of the 85mm gun D-44 and used by Soviet Airborne Troops, where it was replaced by the 122mm BM-21V \"Grad-V\".",
      "src": [
        "weg-bm-14"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "mlrs",
  "image": {
    "file": "bm-14.jpg",
    "thumb": "bm-14-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Wistula",
    "license": "CC BY 3.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sadyba46_DSC0717.JPG",
    "title": "File:Sadyba46 DSC0717.JPG"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY 3.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/bm-14.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-bm-14": {
      "title": "BM-14 Russian 140mm Multiple Launch Rocket System",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/BM-14_Russian_140mm_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}