บาซูกา

Also known as Pedoorra

The bazooka () is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II. Also referred to as the "stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was among the first generation of rocket-propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat. Featuring a solid-propellant rocket for propulsion, it allowed for high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge warheads to be delivered against armored vehicles, machine gun nests, and fortified bunkers at ranges beyond that of a standard thrown grenade or mine. The universally applied nick

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Weapon.wars: World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Algerian War Vietnam War Operation Vantage The Troubles Bay of Pigs Invasion Portuguese Colonial War Rhodesian Bush War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War Falklands War South African Border War
Weapon.designer: Edward Uhl
Weapon.design_date: 1942
Weapon.production_date: June 1942 – May 1945 (2.36 inch Bazookas)
Weapon.name: Bazooka
Weapon.image: Soldier with Bazooka M1.jpg
Weapon.image_size: 300
Weapon.caption: M1 Bazooka
Weapon.origin: United States
Weapon.type: Recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon
Weapon.is_ranged: yes
Weapon.is_explosive: yes
Weapon.is_artillery: yes
Weapon.service: 1942–present
Weapon.used_by: See