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A bo-hiya (棒火矢, Bō hiya) was an early Japanese rocket launcher and development of the fire arrow. History and description
In 1380, an order of "wasp nest" rocket arrow launchers were ordered by the Ming army and in 1400 rocket arrow launchers were recorded to have been used by Li Jinglong. [21] In 1451, a type of mobile rocket arrow launcher known as the "Munjong Hwacha" was invented in Joseon. [22] The Japanese version of the fire arrow was known as the bo hiya.
The M202 FLASH ("Flame Assault Shoulder") [3] is an American rocket launcher manufactured by Northrop Corporation, designed to replace the World War II–vintage flamethrowers (such as the M1 and the M2) that remained the military's standard incendiary devices well into the 1980s.
The rocket encasements are loaded into the rear of the launcher, and the launch tube is constructed from a durable fiberglass-epoxy composite material with a gel coated bore. The launcher consists of the launch tube, spotting rifle, electro-mechanical firing mechanism, mounting brackets, open battle sights and an optic mount for the Mk 42 Mod 0 ...
Armbrust (German: Crossbow) is a lightweight unguided anti-tank weapon designed and developed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Germany, who later sold its manufacturing rights to Chartered Industries of Singapore (the predecessor of ST Kinetics).
RPG-18 (bottom) with comparable Soviet/Russian rocket launchers Airbased modification. The RPG-18 is very similar to the US M72-series LAW anti-tank rocket launcher, with captured examples during the Vietnam War likely being sent to the Soviet Union. [3] [4] The RPG-18 has been succeeded by the RPG-22, a very similar design with a larger warhead.
The French armament company of Matra produced three types of rocket launcher for use with the SNEB 68 mm rockets: . Matra Type 116M rocket launcher – This is lightly constructed and used as an expendable rocket launcher pod with a frangible nose cone, loaded with 19 SNEB 68mm rockets which are fired in one rippled 0.5 second salvo with a time interval of 33 milliseconds between each rocket ...
Hand-held rocket-assisted flamethrowers. Flamethrower MRO-A in the center The MRO Borodach [ 4 ] is a Russian self-contained, disposable single shot 72.5 mm rocket launcher.