The Bazooka (Osprey Weapon 18)

Автор: Gordon L. Rottman
 Издательство: Osprey: 2012
 Серия: Osprey Weapon 18
 ISBN: 1849088012
 Формат: PDF : 4 Mb
 Страниц: 82
 Язык: English
 
 Most belligerents entering World War II armed their infantry with bulky and ineffectual anti-tank rifles as their primary means of combating tanks. US planners realized that what infantrymen needed was a relatively lightweight, man-portable anti-tank weapon that was simple to operate, accurate, and capable of knocking out the average tank at a reasonable range, while also being effective against fortified buildings, pillboxes, and personnel in the open. The bazooka combined a revolutionary new anti-tank rifle-grenade warhead, a much-modified British anti-aircraft rocket motor, and a cobbled-together launcher tube and electrical firing system; its first test-firing astounded observers, and it was immediately adopted by the US armed forces.

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• The Lewis Gun (Osprey Weapon 34)
• US Infantry in the Indian Wars 1865-93 ( Men-at-Arms. 438)
• US Armed Forces in China 1856–1941 (Men at Arms 455)
• Armies of the Vietnam War (2) (Men at Arms. 143)
• US Cavalry on the Plains 1850–90 (Men at Arms 168)
• American Civil War Armies (1) (Men-at-Arms 170)
• American Civil War Armies (2) (Men-at-Arms 177)
• American Civil War Armies (3) (Men-at-Arms 179)
• American Civil War Armies (4): State Troops (Men-at-arms 190)