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The Bazooka (/ b ə ˈ z uː k ə /) [8] is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II.Also referred to as the "stovepipe", the innovative Bazooka was among the first generation of rocket-propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat.
The M72 is the most common anti-tank weapon in the Finnish Army. [citation needed] Finland has recently upgraded its stocks to the M72 EC LAW Mk.I version. It is designated 66 KES 12 [23] Claimed penetration for the M72 EC LAW is 450 mm (18 in) of rolled homogeneous armor steel plate, nearly twice that of the M72A2. [24]
The name bazooka was later applied to the 60 mm M9 "foldable" rocket launcher, which was followed by the 90 mm M20 rocket launcher being named "Super Bazooka". The bazooka concept was quickly copied by Nazi Germany and turned into the 88 mm Panzerschreck. Today the most widely distributed and used rocket launcher in the world is the Soviet RPG ...
M72 LAW: Talley Defense Systems United States Disposable 1963 66 mm [78] MK-153 (SMAW) McDonnell Douglas. Talley Defense Systems United States Reusable 1984 83 mm Derivative of IMI B-300 [79] M79 Osa (RL-90 M95) Sloboda Yugoslavia Reusable launcher, disposable tube 1979 90 mm [80] M80 Zolja: Sloboda Yugoslavia Disposable 1980 64 mm [81]
M72 LAW; M136 AT4 Anti-Tank Weapon; MK153 Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) M3A1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) FGM-148 Javelin Anti-Tank missile; BGM-71 Tube Launched, Optically Tracked, Wire Guided (TOW) Missile Weapon System; FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missile; HMMWV-mounted BGM-71 TOW
M72 rocket launcher, 66mm, telescoping tube, shoulder mount, M72 LAW (1963) M74 rocket platform, towed, PGM-11 Redstone; M78 rocket launcher, for MIM-23 Hawk (1959) (M81 gun/missile launcher 152mm for M551 Sheridan (1966) M91 rocket launcher, 115mm, 45-tube, trailer mount for M55 rocket; M94 rocket launcher, mobile, Nike (rocket) (hercules ...
It was inevitable that giving Rep. Matt Gaetz the procedural bazooka he demanded would end in the political annihilation of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-launched missile or man-portable missile, among other variants, are common slang terms to describe high-caliber shoulder-mounted weapons systems; that is, weapons firing large, heavy projectiles ("missiles"), typically using the backblast principle, which are small enough to be carried by a single person and fired while held on one's shoulder.