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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.
"Robbie Burn's Bazooka" in The Evening World, New York, September 3, 1919. From its start within a lipreed mouthpiece – which may consist of nothing but the bare tube or may employ a mouthpiece which is handmade to emulate one from a low brass instrument – the air column expands into a length of large-diameter pipe that slides freely around a length of narrower-diameter pipe, which, in ...
The mounting brackets secure the spotting rifle to the launcher and allow for precise alignment adjustments to ensure the spotting rifle is properly aligned with the launch tube. The 9×51mm Mk 217 Mod 0 spotting round is ballistically matched with the rocket, improving the gunner’s first-round hit probability.
The Bazooka was an American anti-tank weapon which was in service from 1942 to 1957, while the RPG (most commonly the RPG-7) is a Soviet anti-tank weapon. A smaller variation is the gyrojet, a small arms rocket launcher with ammunition slightly larger than that of a .45-caliber pistol. Recoilless rifles are sometimes confused with rocket ...
T numbers were given to development models. M16 and M8 rockets T-30 Rocket launcher. T1 rocket launcher, 2.36 inch, solid tube shoulder mount. M1 bazooka; T3 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 1-tube on M4 carriage, (37 mm Gun M3)
Bob Burns sitting at his desk holding his bazooka Robin " Bob " Burns (August 2, 1890 – February 2, 1956) was an American musical comedian, who appeared on radio and in movies from 1930 to 1947. Burns played a novelty musical instrument of his own invention, which he called a " bazooka ".
Panzerschreck (lit. "tank's dread" or "tank's bane") was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 ("Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54", abbreviated to RPzB 54), an 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany in World War II. Another earlier, official name was Ofenrohr ("stove pipe"). [3]
The LRAC F1, officially called Lance-Roquettes AntiChar de 89 mm modèle F1 (89 mm anti-tank rocket launcher model F1), is a French reusable rocket launcher developed by Luchaire Défense SA, and manufactured in cooperation with Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Saint-Étienne and was, in the 1970s, marketed by Hotchkiss-Brandt.