Object Details
- Summary
- This is the 3.5-in. Antitank Rocket, or Modern Bazooka rocket. It weighs nine pounds loaded, with two pounds of payload, and has a range of 0.25 miles against tanks. It is basically an enlarged Bazooka with new propellant and other features.
- The original Bazooka was one of the most famous U.S. weapons of World War II. Like its forebear, the 3.5-in. version is fired from a light-weight tube-type launcher carried on the back of one infantryman. The Bazooka was so-named after a musical instrument of a comedian of World War II, Bob Burns. This object was transferred to the Smithsonian from the National Armed Foces Museum Advisory Board.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, (NAFMAB), Smithsonian Institution.
- Inventory Number
- A20050392000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Mainly, steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2 ft. 2 3/4 in. long x 3 1/2 in. diameter (67.95 x 8.89cm)
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Rockets & Missiles
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20050392000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv983797cc3-4eaa-49d8-af59-0c1f7dc95fd8
