competition was the Army Type 4 20 cm rocket launcher and the 20 cm Naval Rocket Launcher. The Type 4 20 cm rocket launcher resembled a conventional mortar...
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competition was the Army Type 4 20 cm rocket launcher and the 20 cm naval rocket launcher. The 20 cm naval rocket launcher was developed in the final stages...
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45 cm naval rocket launcher Captured 45 cm Naval Rocket. Note the venturi tubes Captured 45 cm naval rockets German and Japanese Solid-Fuel Rocket Weapons...
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The Type 4 40 cm rocket (四式四〇糎噴進, Yonshiki yonjū-senchi funshinhō) was a 400 mm (16 in) rocket used by the Imperial Japanese Army in the final stages of...
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The heavy BM-31 launcher was also referred to as Andryusha (Андрюша, an affectionate diminutive of "Andrew"). Katyusha rocket launchers, which were built...
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A rocket launcher is a weapon that launches an unguided, rocket-propelled projectile. The earliest rocket launchers documented in imperial China consisted...
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The 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun (40 Kokei Hachikyu Shiki 12 Senchi 7 Kokakuho) was a Japanese anti-aircraft (AA) gun introduced before World War II....
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Bazooka (redirect from M9 Anti-tank Rocket Launcher)
The bazooka (/bəˈzuːkə/) is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World...
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Rocket artillery is a type of artillery equipped with rocket launchers instead of conventional guns or mortars. Note that the "Calibre" of rocket projectiles...
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The Type 5 15 cm anti-aircraft gun (五式十五糎高射砲, Go-shiki jyūgo-senchi Koshahō) was a large caliber anti-aircraft gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army...
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shell weighs 20 kg (44 lb) while the shrapnel shell contains 300 lead balls. Naval Type 38 12-cm-howitzer, Shanghai 1932 Naval Type 38 12-cm-howitzer with...
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Type 10 120 mm AA gun (redirect from 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun)
The Type 10 or 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun was a Japanese 120 mm calibre dual purpose anti-aircraft and coastal defense gun used during the Second...
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The Type 3 12 cm AA gun (三式十二糎高射砲, San-shiki jyūni-senchi Kōshahō) was an anti-aircraft gun used in quantity by the Imperial Japanese Army during World...
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The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. Primarily used as a portable assault weapon...
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The Type 14 10 cm AA gun (十四年式10cm高射砲, Jyūyonen-shiki jissenchi Koshahō) was an anti-aircraft gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army after World War I...
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Japanese Imperial Army deployed the naval Type 4 20 cm (8 in) Rocket Launcher and army Type 4 40 cm (16 in) Rocket Launcher against the United States Marines...
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greater number of launcher tubes. Each of the 45 117mm launcher tubes houses an A-type rocket, and the tubes are capable of firing all rockets within 22.5 seconds...
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Type 45 240 mm howitzer (redirect from Type 45 24 cm Howitzer)
Manchuria. A Type 45 Howitzer at a Military Museum in Beijing China. Type 45 24 cm howitzer. A view, showing a shell on the loading trolley. War Department Special...
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kyūhachi-shiki-kyūhō; literally "nine eight type mortar"), known by the nickname "Ghost rockets", was an artillery weapon used by the Japanese military throughout World...
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mortar was also used to launch an unusual AA mine discharger shell. "Mortar". Chamberlain, Peter (1975). Mortars and rockets. Gander, Terry. New York:...
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projectile a British rocket launched parachute aerial mine system for ship defence. Type 4 Incendiary Rocket (RoSa), a Navy anti-aircraft rocket for ship defence...
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gun Rocket artillery 20 cm naval rocket launcher 45 cm naval rocket Type 10 and Type 3 rocket boosters Type 21 and Type 22 rocket-bombs Type 4 20 cm rocket...
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control and direct six of the guns at once. The gun was based on the German 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling. It was driven by electric motors, obtaining its power...
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The Type 96 15 cm howitzer (九六式十五糎榴弾砲, Kyūroku-shiki Jyūgo-senchi Ryūdanhō) was a 149.1 mm calibre howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World...
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The Type 92 10 cm cannon (九二式十糎加農砲, Kyūni-shiki Jyū-senchi Kannohō) (105 mm) was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese...
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The Type 91 10 cm howitzer (九一式十糎榴弾砲, Kyūisshiki Jyūsenchi Ryūdanhō) was a 105 mm (4.13 in) howitzer used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second...
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LAU-10 rocket pod holding four rockets. In the early 1950s, U.S. Navy engineers at Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake began to develop a new 12.7 cm unguided...
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Type 90 240 mm railway gun (redirect from Type 90 24 cm Railway Gun)
1994. ISBN 0-8071-2013-8 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Type 90 240 mm railway gun. "Type 90 24 cm gun". Taki home. US Technical Manual E 30-480...
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Germany, for the latest trend in artillery design. Initial units of Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 were imported, and then eventually over 2,000 units, designated...
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gun Rocket artillery 20 cm naval rocket launcher 45 cm naval rocket Type 10 and Type 3 rocket boosters Type 21 and Type 22 rocket-bombs Type 4 20 cm rocket...
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