Bazooka M1 history

If the U.S. military has, after the First World War, many successful anti-tank weapons, it does not yet have an anti-tank weapon carryable by the infantry.
Research work were carried out, led by Colonel Leslie Skinner, to find what could remedy this lack and the first prototypes were made from a 60 mm mortar tube.

Early 1942, the final model is created, and in May the same year, 5,000 copies have already been manufactured.

Its nickname, Bazooka, came from the name of the instrument (a trombone) of Bob Burns, an American musician, who had changed the form of his trombone. The instrument had a silhouette similar to the American rocket launcher tube.

Bazooka M1 sheet

Country creator/user: USA
Name: M1 Rocket Launcher

Caliber: 60 mm
Maximum range: 200 m
Rate of fire: 2 rounds/min

Weigth: 5,8 kg
Lenght: 1,390 mm

 

 

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