shafts of Russian trucks. Also such rockets were damaged during their capture. These rockets were taken from downed Mil-24 helicopters. "" Israel On Sunday, 6 January 2009, The Israel Defense Forces claimed they identified a rocket fired at Israel earlier in the day by Al-Qassan in the Gaza Strip as a Russian-made S5K. According to the IDF, the rocket fired at Kibbutz Alumim in the Negev marked the first time Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades have used this type of weapon. Although the weapon is intended to be launched aerially, Al-Qassam forces chose to launch their rocket from ground-based launchers. Unlike a Qassam rocket, the S5K contains more explosives, but is less precise. On Friday, 8 December 2017, two S-5 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed on Sderot. Libya The S-5, along with S-8 and S-13 rockets, has been deployed from the backs of pick-up trucks (generally, technicals) during the 2011 Libyan civil war, serving as a makeshift MLRS. UB-16 and UB-32 pods were used in this role. The rebels have also developed a man-portable launcher for the S-5, turning the rocket into a makeshift RPG round. Pakistan The 57mm S-5 rockets were used by the Pakistan Air Force with their Shenyang F-6s against Indian ground targets at Shakargarh sector during the Battle of Shakargarh in 1971. In total, 188 rockets were fired from the F-6s ORO-57K launcher. Syria The S-5 has seen use by the Syrian Air Force against opposition forces in the Syrian civil war. It has also been used as an improvised ground-launched rocket, fired from UB-16 or UB-32 pods. Launcher characteristics ORO-57K rockets: 8 length × diameter: 1,447 × 220 mm weight, empty: 33 kg weight, loaded: 74 kg launch platform: MiG-19/F-6 UB-16-57 rockets: 16 length × diameter: 1,880 × 335 mm weight, empty: 57 kg weight, loaded: 138 kg reusable: yes launch platforms: MiG-21, Su-7, Mi-8, improvised mountings on armoured vehicles and technicals (various variants of UB-16-57) UB-32 rockets: 32 length × diameter: 2,080 × 481 mm weight, empty: 103 kg weight, loaded: 264 kg reusable: yes launch platforms: MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-27, Su-7, Su-17/20/22, Su-25, Mi-17, Mi-24, improvised mountings on armoured vehicles and technicals Rocket specifications See also RS-82 rocket S-8 rocket Ugroza, a proposed upgrade of "dumb" rockets to salvo-fired laser-guided precision missiles References Bibliography Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons Since World War Two, Yefim Gordon, Mil Mi-24 Hind Attack Helicopter, Yefim Gordon and Dimitri Komissarov,