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Bazooka Emplacement

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Bazooka emplacements from the Corps of Engineers’ field manual FM 5-15: Field Fortifications, U.S. War Department, February 1944. 43. ROCKET LAUNCHER EMPLACEMENT. There are two types of emplacement for this weapon, the pit-foxhole type and the pit type. a. Pit-foxhole type … Continue reading →

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Bazooka Operation in Hot & Cold Climates

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Operating instructions for the Bazooka in tropical and arctic climates from TM 9-294: 2.36-inch A.T. Rocket Launcher M1A1, War Department Technical Manual, Sept. 27, 1943. Section X: OPERATION UNDER UNUSUAL CONDITIONS 32. GENERAL. a. When operating under unusual conditions such … Continue reading →

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Introduction to the Bazooka

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Introduction to the “bazooka” (2.36-inch AT Rocket Launcher M1A1) from the technical manual TM 9-294: 2.36-inch A.T. Rocket Launcher M1A1, War Department Technical Manual, September, 1943. I. INTRODUCTION 1. SCOPE. a. This manual is published for the information and guidance of … Continue reading →

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Bazooka Oversold?

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Comments on the bazooka from Report of the New Weapons Board, Office of the Commanding General, Army Service Forces, Washington, D.C., April 1944. 2.36″ Rocket and Launchers a. The feeling existed in both theaters that the 2.36″ rocket had been oversold. … Continue reading →

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