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  2. History of rockets - Wikipedia

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    In August 1939, the completed rocket was the BM-13 / Katyusha rocket launcher (BM stands for боевая машина (translit. boyevaya mashina), 'combat vehicle' for M-13 rockets). [106] Towards the end of 1938 the first significant large scale testing of the rocket launchers took place, 233 rockets of various types were used.

  3. Rocket launcher - Wikipedia

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    A rocket launcher is a weapon that launches an unguided, rocket-propelled projectile. ... The first pods were developed immediately after World War II, as an ...

  4. Timeline of rocket and missile technology - Wikipedia

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    1939 - Katyusha multiple rocket launchers (Russian: Катюша) are a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union. 1941 - French rocket EA-41 is launched, being the first European liquid propellant working rocket [15] (It was, however, preceded by the Peenemunde A5 and Soviet experiments.)

  5. List of rocket launchers - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of rocket launchers. Note, rocket launchers are different from recoilless rifles, recoilless guns, grenade launchers or anti-tank guided missiles.

  6. Hwacha - Wikipedia

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    The first hwacha was created in Korea in 1409 during the Joseon Dynasty by several Korean scientists, ... a multi-barrel Soviet rocket launcher used in World War 2.

  7. Bazooka - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. History of spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    [a] The first successful large-scale rocket programs were initiated in Nazi Germany by Wernher von Braun. The Soviet Union took the lead in the post-war Space Race, launching the first satellite, [1] the first animal, [2]: 155 the first human [3] and the first woman [4] into orbit. The United States landed the first men on the Moon in 1969 ...

  9. Man-portable anti-tank systems - Wikipedia

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    The first man-portable rocket launcher to be mass-produced was the American 60 mm M1 rocket launcher, more commonly known as the bazooka. It was a man-portable, tube launched, recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon, widely fielded by the United States Army during World War II and into the Cold War.