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The Bazooka (/ b ə ˈ z uː k ə /) [8] 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.
Lt. Col. Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter (August 29, 1912 – March 22, 1966) was a United States Army officer and army observation pilot who served in World War II. He is most known for destroying several enemy armored vehicles in his bazooka -equipped L-4 Grasshopper light observation aircraft.
Wesley Morse (June 17, 1897 – June 20, 1963) was an American cartoonist who is most famous for his creation of the Bazooka Joe comic strip for the bubble gum company Topps in 1953. He also created the Copa girl, which was the basis for the Copacabana logo.
Aug. 25—Whether the $700 million sale of Bazooka Candy Brands to a private equity firm will impact workers at a Scranton production plant is unclear. News outlets including The Wall Street ...
Edward Uhl (March 24, 1918 – May 9, 2010) was a United States Army Ordnance Corps officer who developed the M1 portable rocket launcher, known as the bazooka. He was born in New Jersey and graduated in engineering at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1940. He enlisted in the US Army in 1941 and was commissioned into the Ordnance ...
By 1944 the Americans were using M1 bazooka anti-tank rocket launchers in the Pacific Theater against the Japanese. In response, the Japanese began development of the Type 4 rocket launcher. Unlike the US rocket, that used fins to stabilize it in flight, the Japanese rocket had angled venturis in the base to spin the rocket for stability, in a ...
Clarence Nichols Hickman (16 August 1889–7 May 1981) was a physicist who worked on rockets with Robert Goddard.He is known for developing the bazooka man-portable recoilless antitank rocket launcher weapon, [1] and the American Piano Company Model B player piano. [2]
He is the G.I. Joe Team's original bazooka soldier and debuted in 1982. Profile. His real name is Rafael J. Melendez, and his rank is that of corporal.