was an improvement over the famous 2.36 inch caliber Bazooka anti-tank rocket used during World War II. It was furnished to the Royal Australian Army and other allies during the Korean War, including ...

This type of weapon was used in Vietnam by Australian and United States Forces, mainly for bunker bursting. The M72 was designed to be a one man portable, throw away rocket launcher to replace the M20 ...

In US service the weapon ... the M20 'Super Bazooka'. Since the late 1990's, this earlier type of '66', the M72A1, was replaced by the heavier and more capable M72A6 version. This later version was ...

German Army Ordnance increased the projectile's caliber from ... the gunner from the rocket's blast as it left the tube. As with the American bazooka, the secret of this weapon was the shaped charge ...