This is a list of U.S. Army rocket launchers by model number. Launchers can be either tube-type or rail-type.

M number

Launchers

* M1 rocket launcher, 2.36 inch, solid tube shoulder mount. Bazooka ** A1 Simplified design with improved electrical system * M1 rocket projector, 3.25 inch, rail, trailer mount * M2 * M3 * M4 * M5 * M6 * M7 * M8 rocket launcher, possibly T34 rocket launcher? * M9 rocket launcher, 2.36 inch, break down tube, shoulder mount. Bazooka ** A1 Battery ignition replaced by trigger magneto * M10 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 3 plastic tube, aircraft mount. * M11 * M12 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, single tube, tripod mount. ** A1 plastic tube (M12/M12A1 use M8 HE rockets and M9 practice rockets) ** E2 Magnesium alloy tube (uses T38E7 HE rockets and T39E7 practice rockets) * M13 * M14 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 3 steel tube, aircraft mount. * M15 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 3 magnesium tube, aircraft mount. * M16 Rocket Projector on M4 Tank: 4.6 inch 60 tube rocket launcher (T-72) * M17 rocket launcher, 7.2 inch, 20-tube, tank mount. * M18 rocket launcher, 2.36 inch, aluminium break down tube, shoulder mount, Bazooka * M19 * M20 rocket launcher, 3.5 inch, break down tube, shoulder mount, Super Bazooka * M21 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 25-tube, trailer mount. (T123) * M22 rocket launcher, fixed, Nike (rocket) (Ajax) * M23 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 24-tube, (T66)and(T66E2)? * M24 rocket launcher, 7.2 inch, 24-rail, for M25 ( CG Gas) or M27 ( CK Gas) chemical rocket * M25 rocket launcher, 3.5 inch, repeating, tripod-mounted, Bazooka * M26 rocket launcher, fixed, (M22 with racks) Nike (Ajax) * M27 rocket launcher, rail type, for

MGM-5 Corporal The MGM-5 Corporal missile was a nuclear-armed tactical surface-to-surface missile. It was the first guided weapon authorized by the United States to carry a nuclear warhead. A guided tactical ballistic missile, the Corporal could deliver either ...

* M28 * M29 * M30 * M31 * M32 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, trailer mount * M33 rocket launcher, trailer mount, for MGR-1 Honest John * M34 rocket launcher, for MGR-3 Little John * M35 * M36 rocket launcher, fixed, for Nike (rocket) (Hercules) * M37 * M38 * M39 * M40 * M47 Dragon (1966) * M48 rocket launcher, towed, MIM-72 Chaparral (1969) * M65 aircraft mounted, BGM-71 TOW (1965) * XM70E2 rocket launcher (1959-1963) * M72 rocket launcher, 66mm, telescoping tube, shoulder mount,

M72 LAW The M72 LAW (light anti-tank weapon, also referred to as the light anti-armor weapon or LAW as well as LAWS: light anti-armor weapons system) is a portable one-shot unguided anti-tank weapon. The solid rocket propulsion unit was developed in th ...

(1963) * M74 rocket platform, towed, PGM-11 Redstone * M78 rocket launcher, for

MIM-23 Hawk The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing all the way killer") is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules, trading off range and altitude capability for a much sm ...

(1959) * (M81 gun/missile launcher 152mm for

M551 Sheridan The M551 "Sheridan" AR/AAV ( Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle) was a light tank developed by the United States and named after General Philip Sheridan, of American Civil War fame. It was designed to be landed by parachute and to sw ...

(1966)
M91 rocket launcher
115mm, 45-tube, trailer mount for M55 rocket * M94 rocket launcher, mobile, Nike (rocket) (hercules) * XM132 viper *

M136 AT4 The AT4 is a Swedish unguided, man-portable, disposable, shoulder-fired recoilless anti-tank weapon built by Saab Bofors Dynamics (previously Bofors Anti-Armour Systems and before that FFV Ordance). The AT4 is not considered a rocket launch ...

M141 Bunker Defeat Munition The M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (BDM) is a disposable single-shot, shoulder-fired rocket launcher designed to defeat hardened structures. It is a modification of the United States Marine Corps Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon ...

* M141 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube aircraft mount,

Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket The Mk 4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR), also known as "Mighty Mouse", was an unguided rocket used by United States military aircraft. It was 2.75 inches (70 mm) in diameter. Designed as an air-to-air weapon for interceptor aircraft to ...

* M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) * M143 rocket launcher, 3.5-inch, 1-tube, tripod mount (M24 antitank mine) M24 mine * M147 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch,

FIM-43 Redeye The General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye is a man-portable surface-to-air missile system. It uses passive infrared homing to track its target. Production began in 1962 andin anticipation of the Redeye II, which later became the FIM-92 Stingerended in t ...

(1961) * M151 rocket launcher, BGM-71 TOW (1970) * M157 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube, aircraft mount,

* M158 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube aircraft mount,

* M159 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, aircraft mount,

* M171 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch,

(1966) * M190 rocket launcher, 35mm, telescoping tube, practice

* XM-191 rocket launcher (standardized as M202) * M192 rocket launcher, towed, triple launcher,

* M200 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, aircraft mount,

* M202 rocket launcher, 66mm 4-tube, (1969)

M202A1 FLASH The M202 FLASH ("Flame Assault Shoulder") 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 incendi ...

M220 TOW The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided") is an American anti-tank missile. TOW replaced much smaller missiles like the SS.10 and ENTAC, offering roughly twice the effective range, a more powerful warhead, and a greatly ...

2nd series * M260 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube,

Hydra 70 The Hydra 70 rocket is a diameter fin-stabilized unguided rocket used primarily in the air-to-ground role. It can be equipped with a variety of warheads, and in more recent versions, guidance systems for point attacks. The Hydra is widely used by ...

* M261 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube,

* M269 launcher/loader, M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) * M272 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 4-rail,

AGM-114 Hellfire The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) first developed for anti-armor use, later developed for precision drone strikes against other target types, especially high-value targets. It was originally developed under the name '' Heli ...

* M279 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 2-rail,

* M299 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 4-rail,

* M310 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 2-rail,

M474 A huge number of M113 Armored Personnel Carrier variants have been created, ranging from infantry carriers to nuclear missile carriers. The M113 armored personnel carrier has become one of the most prolific armored vehicles of the second half of ...

transporter erector launcher, Pershing 1 * M727 carrier/launcher,

* M730 carrier/launcher, MIM-72 Chaparral * M752 carrier/launcher, MGM-52 Lance * M790 erector launcher,

Pershing 1a The MGM-31A Pershing was the missile used in the Pershing 1 and Pershing 1a field artillery missile systems. It was a solid-fueled two-stage theater ballistic missile designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the PGM-11 Redstone missile as ...

* M901 launcher, trailer mount,

MIM-104 Patriot The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar compon ...

* M1003 erector launcher,

Pershing II The Pershing II Weapon System was a solid-fuel rocket, solid-fueled multistage rocket, two-stage medium-range ballistic missile designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile System as the United States ...

* XM546 missile carrier/launcher, MIM-46 Mauler surface-to-air missile

Test number

T numbers were given to development models. * T1 rocket launcher, 2.36 inch, solid tube shoulder mount. M1 Bazooka * T3 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 1-tube on M4 carriage, ( 37 mm Gun M3) * T27 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 8-tube, vehicle or ground mount,

Xylophone The xylophone (; ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Like the glockenspiel (which uses metal bars), the xylophone essentially consists of a set of tuned wooden keys arranged in the ...

* T28 * T29 * T30 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 3-tube, aircraft mount * T31 * T32 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 32-tube, tank mount * T33 * T34 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 60-tube, tank mount,

T34 Calliope The Rocket Launcher T34 (Calliope) was a tank-mounted multiple rocket launcher used by the United States Army during World War II. The launcher was placed atop the M4 Sherman, with its prominent vertical side frames anchored to the turret's sid ...

* T35 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, single tube, tripod mount, (M12)? * T36 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 8-tube, jeep mount * T37 rocket launcher, 7.2 inch, 20 tube, vehicle mount * T38 * T39 rocket launcher, 7.2 inch, 20-tube, * T40 rocket launcher, 7.2 inch, 20-tube, tank mount, (M17) (whiz-bang) * T44 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 120 tube,

DUKW The DUKW (colloquially known as Duck) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the -ton CCKW trucks used by the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War. Designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Step ...

mounted * T45 automatic rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, frame and rail, vehicle mounted * T59 rocket launcher, 10.75 inch, 18-rail, tracked trailer mount (mine clearing) * T64 rocket launcher, 5 inch, 0-length rail, HVAR * T66 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 24-tube, trailer mount, Honeycomb * T72 Rocket Projector on M4 Tank: 4.6 inch 60 tube rocket launcher (standardized as M16?) * T73 Rocket Projector on M4 Tank: 4.6 inch 10 tube rocket launcher * T76 Rocket Projector on M4 Tank: 7.5 inch rocket launcher * T99 Rocket Projector on M26 Tank: Two 11 tube launchers on sides of the turret * T103 Rocket launcher, 8 inch, 1-rail, trailer mount * T105 Rocket Projector on M4A1 Medium Tank: Long 7.2 inch launcher * T123 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 25-tube, trailer mount,(M21) (1951) * T128 rocket launcher, 46-tube, semi-mobile,

Loki (rocket) Loki, officially designated 76mm HEAA Rocket T220, was an American unguided anti-aircraft rocket based on the German Taifun. Like the Taifun, Loki never saw service in its original role, but later found widespread use as a sounding rocket. It ...

* T129 rocket launcher, 6.5 inch, Multiple Rocket Launcher (1952) * T148 rocket launcher, rail,

MGM-21 The Nord Aviation SS.10 was a MCLOS Wire-guided missile, wire-guided anti-tank missile designed by the French engineer Jean Bastien-Thiry. In American service, the missile was called the MGM-21A. The missile entered service in 1955 with the Fr ...

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References

* TM 9-2300 Standard Artillery and Fire Control Materiel. Dated 7 February 1944. * TM 9-2300 Artillery Materiel and Associated Equipment. Dated May 1949. * TM 9-392 4.5-Inch Multiple Rocket Launchers T66 and T66E2. Dated July 1945. *http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/PDFs/TM9-392.pdf * TM 9-394 4.5-Inch Rocket Materiel for Ground Use. Dated 7 February 1945. * http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/PDFs/TM9-394.pdf * TM 9-395 4.5-Inch Aircraft Rocket Materiel. Dated 12 September 1944. *http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/pdfs/TM9-395.pdf * ST 9-159 Handbook of Ordnance Material. Dated March 1968. ("ST" stands for "Special Text")
("TM" stands for "Technical Manual")

External links

film on jeep launcher
90th Infantry Division Preservation Group page on Bazookas and Equipment

Robert Goddard--America's Rocket Pioneer
* http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p4013coll9&CISOPTR=312&REC=8 * http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/index.html * http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1987/MAF.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20100905111603/http://tri.army.mil/LC/CS/csa/aaarmsys.htm * http://sill-www.army.mil/famag/1945/SEP_1945/SEP_1945_PAGES_515_522.pdf * http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/m21.htm (M-21 launcher) * http://www.historylink101.com/wwII_b-w/marines/IwoRockets/index.html good pics * https://web.archive.org/web/20070427125135/http://www.752ndtank.com/RocketTanks.html * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cef6xrrhOm4 training film on T-66 {{DEFAULTSORT:U.S. Army rocket launchers by model number Rocket launchers Rocket artillery Rocket weapons Military lists Rocket launchers by model number

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See also

References

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