BAZOOKA - LAW & RPG:

BAZOOKA were a portable form of rocket propelled Grenade launcher that proved to be very effective against armored tanks and hardened bunkers in WWII. The design combines the light weight of an open-ended smooth-bore launch tube with rocket propulsion and shaped charge technology.

The popular name "Bazooka" comes from American musical comedian Bob Burns 1890-1956 who built his first "musical" tube in the back of Hayman's plumbing shop from a length of gas pipe. Burns was a talented musician & served as band leader with the US Marines Corps Jazz Band in WWII. Europe. - His jazz Bazooka functioned as a very basic slide trombone (or "Sackbut").

The M72  L A W (Light Anti-Armor Weapon (System) was a much improved development from the larger Bazooka borrowing from the German Panzerfaust recoilless rifle. The M72 consists of two concentric tubes and a missile making a sealed unit that is telescoped open for firing.

The Soviet RPG-7 Rocket Propelled Grenade uses a powder charge to launch the rocket forward & clear of the operator before the rocket motor ignites .. Some versions are single use disposable - while others may be reloaded by inserting further rockets from the front.

Later versions like the RPG-30 fire a double or precursor projectile that acts as a forerunner false target to clear the path for the main explosive projectile travelling 0.4 seconds behind.

.. Measure & Countermeasure 😈

Going back to far more basic means .. the more curious minded of us may be intrigued to read the Wikipedia Description  about 'home made' YASIN ياسين RPGs that are used against the Israeli Defense Forces 

Link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasin_(RPG)

Marty K.

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