bazooka-launched missile
1Shoulder-launched missile weapon — A shoulder launched missile weapon is a weapon that fires a projectile at a target, yet is small enough to be carried by a single person, and fired while held on one s shoulder. Missile is used here in the original broad sense: today the word has …
2Missile — For other uses, see Missile (disambiguation). A V 2 missile launch by the British during Operation Backfire. Though a missile may be any thrown or launched object, it colloquially almost always refers to a self propelled guided weapon system.… …
3Bazooka — Infobox Weapon name= Launcher, Rocket, Antitank, M 9 Series caption= M9A1 Bazooka with larger M20 Super Bazooka origin=flagcountry|United States type= Recoilless rocket antitank weapon is ranged=yes is explosive=yes is artillery=yes service=… …
4rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
5Anti-tank guided missile — An anti tank guided missile (ATGM) or anti tank guided weapon (ATGW) is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored tanks and other armored fighting vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulder launched weapons which can …
6international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
7Rocket-propelled grenade — RPG, or rocket propelled grenade, is a loose term describing hand held, shoulder launched anti tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. RPG is a transliteration of РПГ, the Russian abbreviation of… …
8Rocket launcher — For other uses, see Rocket launcher (disambiguation). Shoulder launched weapons avoid the problem of recoil by directing all exhaust out the rear of the launch tube (Swedish AT4) …
9Panzerschreck — Infobox Weapon name= Panzerschreck caption= Canadian sergeant posing with a captured Panzerschreck origin=flagcountry|Nazi Germany type= anti tank rocket launcher is ranged=yes is bladed= is explosive= is artillery= is vehicle= is missile= is UK …
10Panzerfaust — Infobox Weapon name= Panzerfaust caption= Four Panzerfaust 30 in original shipping crate, on display at the Helsinki Military Museum origin= flagicon|Germany|Nazi Nazi Germany type= Man portable anti tank weapon is ranged=yes is bladed= is… …
