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To: L.A.Justice

The last “bazooka” in the US was taken out of service in WW2 - replaced by the LAW 72mm antiarmor shoulder fired rocket launcher, then later the Dragon and eventually Javelin and supplemented by Gustav gun recoilless rifles and the SMAW. TOW is a heavier missile that isn’t shoulder fired, but is carried by a crew and must be set up on a stand before it can be fired.


11 posted on 05/19/2020 1:57:19 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: L.A.Justice

Er, corrections: The last Bazooka derivative (the M20 Super Bazooka) served into the Korean War and then into Vietnam before the government finally replaced it with a better, less antiquated solution in the *66mm* M72 LAW.


12 posted on 05/19/2020 2:01:32 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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