Bazooka
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The bazooka 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 innovativ
M1 Bazooka
A prototype of the world's first "tube-type rocket-propelled grenade launcher", the grip part of the "Original Bazooka" is marked "May 1942" and is signed by the development team including Hickman, Skinner, and Uhl
An M1 Bazooka with M6A1 and M6A3 rockets
American soldier with an M1A1 Bazooka on August 23, 1944, near Fontainebleau, France
M72 LAW
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The M72 LAW is a man-portable 66 mm disposable unguided anti-tank weapon.
Bazooka
…stages of the war in Vietnam by the U.S. Marines before gradually being phased out by the mid-1960s in favor of the M67 recoilless rifle and later, the M72 LAW rocket. The U.S. Army also used it in lesser quantity. While occasions to destroy enemy armored vehicles proved exceedingly rare, it was employed against…
1961 LAW prototype, showing the rejected front sight that also served as the front cover
M72 rocket and launcher in cross-section
M72 demonstration at Fort Benning, Georgia, in the 1960s
Packing crates are used to demonstrate the danger of the M72's back blast