Bazooka
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Bazooka is updated to version Beta One. |
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| Faction | American |
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| Doctrine | Infantry |
| Tree | Infantry Elite |
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A bazooka is one of a series ("M9 series" variants) of anti-armor and anti-bunker, man portable rocket launchers that became famous during World War II.
History
Technically named as the M9 Anti-tank Rocket Launcher, it was also called "stovepipe" and used to deliver high explosives into machine gun nests and hardened bunkers in all WWII theaters. It was one of the primary infantry anti-tank weapons used by the United States Armed Forces, and was based on the principle of the high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shell. It was nicknamed "bazooka" from a vague resemblance to the musical instrument of the same name invented and used by Bob Burns. The M1A1, M9, and M9A1 rocket launchers saw widespread use throughout WWII.
It impressed the German command as well, so much so they copied it and made it larger. During the war, German armed forces captured several in early North African encounters and soon copied the U.S. design, increasing the warhead diameter to 8.8 cm (3.46 inches), as well as other slight changes, and issued it as the Raketenpanzerbüchse "Panzerschreck".
The word "Bazooka" is often informally used to refer to any shoulder-launched missile weapon.
Tactics & Tips
- In Company of Heroes the bazooka is one of the poorer infantry wielded anti tank weapon with poor penetration and large scatter.
