tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post4080295458139052854..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: Lend Lease Impressions: BazookaPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-59890063342510959892017-08-31T04:20:09.810-04:002017-08-31T04:20:09.810-04:00AT rifles basically eventually ran afoul of the &q...AT rifles basically eventually ran afoul of the "square-cube law" of conventional firearms - the mass of the weapon goes up more or less exponentially with linear increase in power. (Towed AT guns started going extinct soon after for the exact same reason.)<br /><br />That said, the first versions of the Bazooka had all *kinds* of issues and design flaws and took a fair bit of further tinkering to become good. Even without their doggedly unreasonable requirements for portable AT weapons there was much for the Soviets to be leery of.Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-57833144895821165432017-08-30T13:31:49.057-04:002017-08-30T13:31:49.057-04:00The Soviets wanted an anti-tank rocket launcher to...The Soviets wanted an anti-tank rocket launcher to do the same thing that their rifles could: hit a tank or a bunker from a kilometer away. There was at least one perfectly suitable domestically designed launcher for RS-82 rockets that was rejected because its maximum range was "only" 200 meters. <br /><br />Another requirement was that the gun could be fired from a trench or a dugout easily, which basically meant that anything with backblast was off the table.<br /><br />AT rifle development hit a new requirement in 1943: penetrate Schurzen armour and the side of the tank behind it. There were attempts to meet this requirement, but as far as I know, no breakthrough was made. These rifles were getting a little ridiculous, anyway, more like small AT cannons.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-7999041376924405212017-08-30T12:03:52.202-04:002017-08-30T12:03:52.202-04:00Very suprised about this.
I thought the bazooka w...Very suprised about this. <br />I thought the bazooka was a real breaktrough. Considering that the earliest prototypes easily outclassed the best AT rifle in terms of penetration, while we all know that matured designs tend to be a lot better then prototypes.<br />Couple this to the fact that the bazooka was a very simple and cheap weapon (granted, the ammo wasn't)<br /><br />Didn't AT riffle developement cease around somewhere around 43-45?crazytony0https://www.blogger.com/profile/12575734594012969629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-54579436119986357482017-08-30T11:19:05.607-04:002017-08-30T11:19:05.607-04:00Definitely a very close-range weapon. The rocket s...Definitely a very close-range weapon. The rocket shown is an earlier model; later rockets performed better. US units fired a LOT of bazooka ammo. Dat34https://www.blogger.com/profile/05191197983174208313noreply@blogger.com