List of U.S. Army rocket launchers

Summary

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

T-34 rocket launcher in France.

M number edit

Rockets
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
M55 78x4.44Inchs Chemical M91 Rocket Launcher

Launchers edit

Test number edit

T numbers were given to development models.

 
M16 and M8 rockets
 
T-30 Rocket launcher
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 (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)
  • T129 rocket launcher, 6.5 inch, Multiple Rocket Launcher (1952)
  • T148 rocket launcher, rail, MGM-21 dart

See also edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

  • [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
  • 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