AT4 vs Bazooka: Specs Compared

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AAnti-tank weapons

AT4

Disposable anti-tank launcher

BAnti-tank weapons

Bazooka

Recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

AT4Length

1.02 m

Length source ↗

BazookaLength

1.37 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

AT4larger figure on 1 of 2

Calibre+40%

Bazookalarger figure on 1 of 2

Length+34%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

27 of 97 rows sourced on both sides

1.02m

1.37m

Length+34%

All recorded figures & sources

1.02 m

Length

Single source

102 cm (40 in)^[source]

1.37 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

AT4 and Bazooka configuration
Specification	AT4	Bazooka
Crew	—	2, operator and loader^[source]
Type	Disposable anti-tank launcher^[source]	Recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon^[source]
Place of origin	Sweden United States^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1987–present^[source]	1942–present^[source]
Used by	See Operators

Wars	See Wars^[source]	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^[source]

Designer	Förenade Fabriksverken^[source]	Edward Uhl^[source]

Manufacturer	Saab Bofors Dynamics (Swedish version) Alliant Techsystems (U.S. version)^[source]	—

Unit cost	US$1,480 (In 1999) US$2,857 (2025)^[source]	—

No. built	600,000+^[source]	112,790 (M1) 59,932 (M1A1) 6,087 (M9) 277,819 (M9A1) Unknown (M20) 1,500 (M25)^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	—

Sights	Iron sights , optional AN/PVS-4 night vision unit^[source]	—

Filling	Octol^[source]	—

Role	man-portable, disposable, shoulder-fired recoilless anti-tank weapon^[source]	man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher^[source]

Designed	—	1942^[source]

Produced	—	June 1942 – May 1945 (2.36 inch Bazookas)^[source]

Warhead	—	M6 or M6A2 shaped charge (3.5 lb, 1.59 kg)^[source]

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