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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.
By 1944 the Americans were using M1 bazooka anti-tank rocket launchers in the Pacific Theater against the Japanese. In response, the Japanese began development of the Type 4 rocket launcher. Unlike the US rocket, that used fins to stabilize it in flight, the Japanese rocket had angled venturis in the base to spin the rocket for stability, in a ...
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)
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-7. [3] Its basic design was developed by the Soviets shortly after World War II in the form of the RPG-2, which used a recoilless cartridge solution instead of ...
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]
Maj. Charles Carpenter strapped six bazookas onto the wings of his 800-pound reconnaissance plane made of cloth over a frame of welded steel and wood – and used those weapons to take out German ...
The U.S. Air Force came to get it, deputies say.
Kestrel (rocket launcher) NCSIST Republic of China: 2015 B-300: Israel Military Industries Israel: 1970s Bazooka: Unknown United States: 1942 C-100: Instalaza SA Spain: 1998 C90-CR (M3) Instalaza Spain: 1990 Dard 120: Societe Europeenne de Propulsion France: 1978 FHJ-84: Norinco China: 1984 LAW 80: Hunting Engineering United Kingdom: 1987 LRAC F1