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Recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon
Bazooka is a recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon originating in United States. Reported operators include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, India, Iraq, Israel, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nazi Germany, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of China, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, South Vietnam, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, West Germany, Yugoslavia.
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Recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon
United States
1942–present
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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
Edward Uhl
1942
June 1942 – May 1945 (2.36 inch Bazookas)
112,790 (M1) 59,932 (M1A1) 6,087 (M9) 277,819 (M9A1) Unknown (M20) 1,500 (M25)
54 in (137 cm)
2.36 in (60 mm)
13 lb (5.9 kg)
M6 or M6A2 shaped charge (3.5 lb, 1.59 kg)
2, operator and loader
Argentina : Super Bazooka. Used until at least the Falklands War , replaced by AT4 .
Australia : Super Bazooka.
Austria : Super Bazooka.
Belgium : RL-83.
Bolivia : Super Bazooka.
Brazil : Bazooka and Super Bazooka.
Canada : Bazooka and Super Bazooka.
Chile : Super Bazooka.
Cuba : Super Bazooka. During the Bay of Pigs Invasion , the anti-Castrist Brigade 2506 used 2.36 in bazookas against Castro 's T-34s .
El Salvador : Super Bazooka.
France : Bazooka and Super Bazooka.
Greece : Super Bazooka.
Guatemala : Super Bazooka.
Guinea-Bissau : Super Bazooka.
Indonesia : Super Bazooka.
India : Super Bazooka.
Iraq : Super Bazooka.
Israel : M20A1.
Provisional Irish Republican Army : M20 Super Bazooka, first used in 1971.
Italy : M20A1 and RL-83 variants.
Japan : JGSDF used Super Bazookas, replaced by the Carl Gustav recoilless rifles .
Liberia : Super Bazooka.
Luxembourg : Super Bazooka.
Malaysia : Super Bazooka.
Malawi : Super Bazooka.
Mexico
Morocco : M20 Super Bazooka.
Myanmar : M9A1 and M20 Super Bazooka.
Nazi Germany : Used captured M1s as 6 cm Raketenpanzerbüchse 788 (a)
Netherlands : The M9A1 was used for a short period of time by the Dutch Army as the Raketwerper 2.36 inch . It served from the beginning of the 1950s to the end of the 1960s with the Landmacht as an instructional weapon, with the Troepenmacht in Suriname (TRIS, troop force in Surinam, part of the Landmacht ), and the Nederlands Detachement Verenigde Naties (N.D.V.N.), Dutch Detachment United Nations in 1950–1951 during the Korean War. During the Korean War, the 2.36-inch bazooka was replaced by the 3.5-inch M20. Although it replaced the M9A1 in 1951 with the N.D.V.N., the weapon was not introduced into the Landmacht until 1954. The M20 and M20B1 were later replaced by the 66 mm LAW in 1968, but the bazooka remained in inventory for reservists, mobilisation, and other non-priority uses until 1989.
Nigeria : M20 Super Bazooka.
Norway : Super Bazooka.
Pakistan : Super Bazooka.
Paraguay
People's Republic of China : Large numbers of 2.36-inch and 3.5-inch Bazookas were captured by the Chinese communists during the Chinese Civil War and Korean War. China also copied the 3.5-inch as the Type 51 —with a projectile 90 mm in diameter. The Type 51 can fire captured 3.5-inch projectiles (i.e. 90 mm), but 3.5-inch Super Bazookas cannot load projectiles made for the Type 51.
Philippines : Super Bazooka.
Portugal : Super Bazooka.
Republic of China : Super Bazooka.
Rhodesia : Super Bazooka.
Sierra Leone : Super Bazooka.
South Africa : Super Bazooka.
South Korea : The armed forces received 1,958 M9A1s before the Korean War , and 609 M9A1s and 4,907 M20s were in service by the end of the war.
South Vietnam : M9A1 and M20A1 variants.
Soviet Union : Bazooka.
Spain : M20 Bazooka and improved designs (M53, M58 and M65).
Sweden : Super bazooka.
Thailand : Super Bazooka as คจตถ. 3.5 นิ้ว in the Royal Thai Army, replaced by the Type 69 RPG .
Tunisia : Super Bazooka.
Turkey : Super Bazooka.
United Kingdom : Bazooka and Super Bazooka. Domestically manufactured versions of the Super Bazooka and its ammunition were issued alongside the American originals. Replaced by the Carl Gustav M2 (L14A1) during the 1960s.
United States : Bazooka replaced by the M72 LAW .
Vietnam : Type 51 Bazooka, used by Viet Minh and Viet Cong.
West Germany : Super Bazooka.
Yugoslavia : M20 and M20A1B1
man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Bazooka equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Burundi
Canada
Chile
Cuba
El Salvador
France
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Japan
Liberia
Luxembourg
Malawi
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Myanmar
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Paraguay
Philippines
Portugal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Taiwan
Thailand
Tunisia
Türkiye
United Kingdom United States
VietnamArgentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, India, Iraq, Israel, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nazi Germany, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of China, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, South Vietnam, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, West Germany, Yugoslavia
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