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— The Heavy on being a pilot Heavy is flying! Is greatest moment of Heavy's life! ”

The Katyusha is a community-created cosmetic item for the Heavy. It is similar to the sort of headgear that Russian pilot/tanker operators would wear, made to protect the wearer from blows to the head from hard metal parts inside a tank and the cold weather of Russian winters.

The Katyusha was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Painted variants

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Single colors An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint Team colors Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU) The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU) Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

July 10, 2013 Patch (Summer Event 2013)

The Katyusha was added to the game.

August 27, 2013 Patch

[Undocumented] Added the Katyusha to the Mann Co. Store.

July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)

[Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Trivia

The item's name and description refer to the Tupolev ANT-40, a Soviet bomber often affectionately nicknamed "Katyusha" (a derivative of the female name Catherine) due to its excellent performance in the Spanish Civil War.

The name "Katyusha" is foremostly associated with BM-13, a Soviet rocket artillery vehicle of the WWII era.

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