M20 Super Bazooka 3.5 in (88.9 Mm) [13+]

M20 Super Bazooka 3.5 in (88.9 mm)
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. 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 World War II 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 impressed
the German command as well, so much so they created a larger copy of it.[1] 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 World War II.
The M20 weighed 14.3 pounds (6.5 kg) and fired a hollow shaped-charge 9 lb (4 kg) M28A2 HEAT rocket
when used in the anti-tank role. It was also operated by a two-man team and had a claimed rate of fire
of six shots per minute
During the war, German armed forces captured several in early North African encounters[1] and soon
copied the U.S. design,[1] increasing the warhead diameter to 8.8 cm (3.46 inches), as well as other
slight changes, and issued it as the Raketenpanzerb?chse "Panzerschreck".[1]
The word "Bazooka" is often informally used to refer to any shoulder-launched missile weapon.