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At [[TL3]]-[[TL4|4]], unguided rockets are employed for artillery bombardment, launched from carts and ships. With refinements, rockets remain in use at [[TL5]]-[[TL8|8]]. They arm ground vehicles, naval vessels, and (at [[TL6]]+) aircraft.

===Hale 9-pr Mk I, 2.5" (U.K., 1867-1899)===
In 1844, William Hale invented a rocket that relied on
spinning propulsion for stability, dispensing with the guidance
stick of earlier designs. The Hale rocket was widely
used in colonial wars. The 9-pounder version was popular,
as it was light enough for pack animals to carry and a viable
weapon in swamps and jungles where even light mountain
guns were of no use. It was launched from a "rocket
machine" – a trough on a tripod – in land service, or from
shipboard tubes in naval service.

A mule could carry two packs of six rockets. Rockets,
metal-lined wooden cases, and harness weighed 202 lbs.
The disassembled trough and associated carrying equipment
added 32 lbs. A [[HE]] rocket costs $55.

===BM-13-16 Katyusha, 132mm (Russia, 1941-1945)===
The BM-13-16 – better known as the ''Katyusha'' ("little Katie") and dubbed ''Stalinorgel'' ("Stalin's organ") by German troops under its bombardment – was one of the first multiple rocket launchers in military service. The 16-shot launcher fired the M-13 artillery rocket. Intended primarily for Soviet trucks, it saw some use on tanks and naval vessels as well. It was short on range and accuracy, but put down a huge amount of explosive. A [[HE]] rocket costs $100.

===M10, 4.5" (USA, 1943-1945)===
The M10 was a light, three-shot rocket pod designed to fire the 4.5" M8 aircraft rocket from U.S. Air Force fighters. Multiple rocket launchers installed on ground vehicles also launched this rocket. A HE rocket costs $200.

===M260, 70mm Hydra (USA, 1979-)===
This is a light, seven-shot rocket pod designed to launch the 70mm (2.75") MK 66 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket ([[FFAR]]) from U.S. Army helicopters. Other U.S. services – and export customers – adopted similar launchers to arm ground-attack aircraft. In addition to [[HE]] (in table), warheads include heavyweight [[HE]] (Dmg 6d&times;5 [3d+2] [[cr]] [[ex]]), [[HEDP]] (Dmg 6d&times;3(10) [[cr]] [[ex]] with 5d&times;4 [3d+2] cr ex linked), [[WP]] (Dmg 5d [1d(0.2)] [[burn]] [[ex]], 19-yard-radius cloud lasting 5 minutes, Range 70/3,300), and [[beehive]] (Dmg 2d+2 [[cut]], Range 450/7,000, RoF 7&times;1,179, [[Rcl]] 1). In 1993, the latter was adopted for use from special-ops helicopter gunships. A [[HE]] rocket costs $1,300.

From 2006, Hydra rockets are available with a laser guidance package (see [[Semi-Active Homing Weapons]]): [[Acc]] 4, [[Range]] 300/10,500, Cost $3,900.

The ''M158'' (1965-1979), used during the Vietnam War, fired the 2.75" MK 4 [[FFAR]] rocket: Dmg 7d&times;3 [3d+2] [[cr]] [[ex]], [[Range]] 70/6,500, [[EWt.]] 40/21.

====Gunner (Rockets) (DX-4, or Other Gunner at -4)====
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![[TL]]!!align="left"|Weapon||align="right"|[[Damage]]||[[Acc]]||[[Range]]||[[Weight]]||[[RoF]]||[[Shots]]||[[ST]]||[[Bulk]]||[[Rcl]]||[[Cost]]||[[LC]]||align="left"|Notes
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|5||[[Hale 9-pr Mk I, 2.5"]]||6d&times;2 [3d] [[cr]] [[ex]]||0||200/3,400||27/8.4||1||1(5)||13M||-8||1||$200||1||[1, 2]
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|6||[[BM-13-16, 132mm]]||6d&times;3 [6d+2] [[cr]] [[ex]]||1||500/9,400||3,150/92||2||16(60i)||44M||-13||1||$10,000||1||[1]
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|7||[[M10, 4.5"]]||5d&times;5 [6d-1] [[cr]] [[ex]]||1||300/4,000||82/38||3||3(10i)||20M||-11||1||$1,800||1||[1]
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|8||[[M260, 70mm]]||7d&times;3 [3d+2] [[cr]] [[ex]]||2||70/10,500||35/23||7||7(10i)||22M||-9||1||$4,200||1||[1]
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Notes:
:[1] First [[Range]] figure is minimum range, not [[1/2D]].
:[2] [[Unreliable]]. [[Malfunction]]s on 16+.

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