List of U.S. Army rocket launchers by model number
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This is a list of U.S. Army Rocket Launchers by model number. launchers can be either tube type, or rail type.
M number
rocket model | size | type | launcher |
---|---|---|---|
M1 | |||
M2 | 3.25 Inch | target | M1 rocket projector |
M3 | |||
M4 | |||
M5 | |||
M6 | 2.36 Inch | HEAT | M9 Bazooka |
M7 | 2.36 Inch | practice | M9 Bazooka |
M8 | 4.5 Inch | HE | various |
M9 | 4.5 Inch | practice | various |
M10 | 2.36 Inch | smoke | M9 Bazooka |
M11 | |||
M12 | |||
M13 | |||
M14 | |||
M15 | |||
M16 | 4.5 Inch | HE | M23 (T66) rocket launcher |
M17 | 4.5 Inch | practice | M23 (T66) rocket launcher |
M18 | |||
M19 | |||
M20 | 4.5 Inch | HE | |
M21 | 4.5 Inch | practice | |
M22 | |||
M23 | |||
M24 | 4.5 Inch | Drill | |
M25 | 7.2 Inch | CG Gas | M24 rocket launcher |
M26 | 2.36 Inch | Gas | M9 Bazooka |
M27 | 7.2 Inch | CK Gas | M24 rocket launcher |
M28 | 3.5 Inch | HEAT | M20 Super Bazooka |
M29 | 3.5 Inch | practice | M20 Super Bazooka |
M30 | 3.5 Inch | smoke | M20 Super Bazooka |
M31 | |||
M32 | |||
M33 | |||
M34 | |||
M35 | |||
M36 | |||
M37 | |||
M38 | |||
M39 | |||
M40 |
- 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. (for M20 rocket)
- A1 plastic tube
- A2 Manganese alloy tube
- 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 (rocket)(Ajax)
- M27 rocket launcher, rail type, for MGM-5 Corporal
- 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 (1963)
- M74 rocket platform, towed, PGM-11 Redstone
- M78 rocket launcher, for MIM-23 Hawk (1959)
- (M81 gun/missile launcher 152mm for M551 Sheridan (1966)
- M91 rocket launcher, 115mm, 45-tube, trailer mount for M55 rocket
- M94 rocket launcher, mobile, Nike (rocket) (hercules)
- XM132 viper
- M136 AT4
- M141 Bunker Defeat Munition
- M141 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
- M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
- M143 rocket launcher, 3.5-inch, 1-tube, tripod mount (M24 antitank mine)M24 mine
- M147 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, FIM-43 Redeye (1961)
- M151 rocket launcher, BGM-71 TOW (1970)
- M157 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube, aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
- M158 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
- M159 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
- M171 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, FIM-43 Redeye (1966)
- M190 rocket launcher, 35mm, telescoping tube, practice M72 LAW
- XM-191 rocket launcher (standardized as M202)
- M192 rocket launcher, towed, triple launcher, MIM-23 Hawk
- M200 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
- M202 rocket launcher, 66mm 4-tube, (1969) M202A1 FLASH
- M220 TOW 2nd series
- M260 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube, Hydra 70
- M261 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, Hydra 70
- M269 launcher/loader, M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
- M272 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 4-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire
- M279 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 2-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire
- M299 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 4-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire
- M310 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 2-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire
- M901 launcher, trailer mount, MIM-104 Patriot
Test number
- 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
- T28
- T29
- T30 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 3-tube, aircraft mount
- T31
- T32 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 32-tube, tank mount, Xylophone
- T33
- T34 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 60-tube, tank mount, T34 Calliope
- 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 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 (standarized 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)
- T129 rocket launcher, 6.5 inch, Multiple Rocket Launcher (1952)
- T148 rocket launcher, rail, MGM-21 dart
See also
- Rocket artillery
- List of rocket artillery
- Mattress (rocket)
- List of U.S. military vehicles by model number
References
- TM 9-2300 Standard Artillery and Fire Control Material. dated 1944
- TM 9-2300 Artillery Materiel and Associated Equipment. dated May 1949
- TM 9-392
- http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/PDFs/TM9-392.pdf
- TM 9-394 4.5 inch Rocket Material for Ground Use. dated 1945
- http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/PDFs/TM9-394.pdf
- TM 9-395 4.5 inch Aircraft Rocket Matériel
- ST 9-159 handbook of Ordnance material dated March 1968. (ST- is Special Text)
External links
- [1] 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
- 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
- http://web.archive.org/web/20070427125135/www.752ndtank.com/RocketTanks.html
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cef6xrrhOm4 training film on T-66