Bob Burns (humorist)
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Robin "Bob" Burns was an American musical comedian, who appeared on radio and in movies from 1930 to 1947.
Gladys George and Bob Burns in I'm from Missouri, 1939
Bob Burns sitting at his desk holding his bazooka
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
Bob Burns (humorist)
…from 1930 to 1947. Burns played a novelty musical instrument of his own invention, which he called a "bazooka". During World War II, the U.S. Army's handheld anti-tank rocket launcher was nicknamed "bazooka" after Burns's instrument, and the term remains current into the 21st century as a generic name for some shoulder-fired rocket…
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