Grom
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Grom, meaning 'thunder' in several Slavic languages
, may refer to:
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
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Military
- GROMGROMGROM is one of five special forces units of the Polish Armed Forces. It was officially activated on July 8, 1990...
, a Polish special forces unit - ORP GromORP GromORP Grom was the lead ship of her class of destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. She was named after the Polish word for "thunderclap".-History:...
- several ships of the Polish Navy. - Grom (missile)Grom (missile)The Grom is a man-portable air-defense system produced in Poland. It consists of a 72 mm anti-aircraft missile set with a flight speed of 650 m/s, as well as a single-use launcher, re-usable gripstock and thermal battery coolant assembly electric unit...
, a Polish anti-aircraft missile - A Yugoslav/Serbian version of the Kh-23Kh-23The Zvezda Kh-66 and Kh-23 Grom are a family of early Soviet tactical air-to-surface missiles with a range of 10 km. They were intended for use against small ground or naval targets. The Kh-66 was effectively a heavy-warhead, beam-riding version of the K-8 air-to-air missile rushed into...
(AS-9 'Kyle') air-to-surface missile - 2A28 Grom2A28 GromThe 2A28 Grom is the main armament of the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle. It is a 73 mm low pressure smoothbore semi-automatic gun with wedge breechblock.-Description:...
, a Russian low pressure gun
Other uses
- Grom (album)Grom (album)Grom is the second studio album by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. It was recorded and mixed during December 1995 & January 1996 and was originally released in January 1996 through Solistitium Records and later on by Pagan Records...
- an album by Behemoth, a Polish death metal band - A fictional creature from Robert Jordan's The Wheel of TimeThe Wheel of TimeThe Wheel of Time is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under the pen name Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, the length was increased by increments; at the time of Rigney's death, he expected it to be 12, but it will actually...
- GROM, Graphics Read Only Memory, a type of memory used in the TI-99/4A Home Computer
- Grommet (sportsperson)Grommet (sportsperson)"Grommet" is a term used to describe a young participant in extreme sports. The term originally was used in the sport of surfing for anyone under the age of 16. However in recent years, the term has been expanded to include other extreme sports, most notably skateboarding and snowboarding...
, young participant in extreme sports. - Grom, Warmian-Masurian VoivodeshipGrom, Warmian-Masurian VoivodeshipGrom is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Pasym, north-west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...
(north Poland)