M20A1B1 Super Bazooka - It's a Super Bazooka. Need I Say More?

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  • @hal3674really
    @hal3674really 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4398

    "0 out to 450 yards" Hopefully that 0 is just a suggestion.

    • @SgtKOnyx
      @SgtKOnyx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +347

      HAL hopefully it isn't even a suggestion.

    • @Piromanofeliz
      @Piromanofeliz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +465

      They will go full TF2

    • @TheRogueWolf
      @TheRogueWolf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +314

      Well, if nothing else, at that range the backblast is the least of your worries.

    • @kennenandersen
      @kennenandersen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      The zero yards is for anything behind it.

    • @The_Viktor_Reznov
      @The_Viktor_Reznov 7 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      "You are not going anywhere now, son!"

  • @dredelcottcryptozooligist4101
    @dredelcottcryptozooligist4101 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1104

    Maybe i missed it, but was there a bayonet lug?

    • @edwardstrowder2217
      @edwardstrowder2217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Farty McGee No ! That wound been interesting!!

    • @ottogofast3882
      @ottogofast3882 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Imagine getting stabbed through the chest and then the missile shot at the same time. Sheesh.

    • @tjbarke6086
      @tjbarke6086 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      This isn't the Astra Militarum, son.

    • @confusedcapitalist2242
      @confusedcapitalist2242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Dr Ed Elcott no bayonet lug? Heresy

    • @Voron_Aggrav
      @Voron_Aggrav 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Mean all you'd have to do is Turn around and fire the thing and Hope you're not hitting something friendly with either missile or Backblast

  • @DBWave94
    @DBWave94 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3450

    Ah, perfect for home defense.

    • @LittleLion93
      @LittleLion93 7 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      A robber could use a tank to open your door! Who knows! :3

    • @Mr_Bones.
      @Mr_Bones. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +279

      “Can’t rob my house if I blow up half of it!”

    • @armcollector1580
      @armcollector1580 7 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      And since it has no recoil it makes a great edc option for those who are recoil sensitive!

    • @1SaG
      @1SaG 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Yup.. looks like the perfect tool to hit someone over the head with... :D

    • @stockingsstuffer6302
      @stockingsstuffer6302 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      now with minimal organ liquefying backblast!

  • @oldgysgt
    @oldgysgt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I fired one of these in Infantry Training at Camp Pendleton CA in 1965. Although the Marine Corps had already adopted the M72 LAW, the South Vietnamese were still using the M20, so we were trained on them as well. I managed to hit my target, an old Sherman tank, but one Marine managed to just clip the top of the turret, and the rocket deflected up, and went over the hill in back of the tank. Luckily, as the rocket tumbled down the reverse slope of the hill, it hit something with enough force to set off the warhead. That was a relief to us, because if it hadn't detonated, we would have been required to go looking for it. With the dense covering of brush on the hill side, that would have been a bit "harry", because if you hit the rocket nose after it left the tube, it could ruin your whole day.

  • @WeirdHarold49
    @WeirdHarold49 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2161

    Since Ian forgot and Wikipedia knows:
    Origin of the "bazooka" name
    Shortly after the first prototype launcher and rockets had been tested by firing into the Potomac River, Skinner and Uhl took the new system to a competitive trial of various types of spigot mortar (at that time seen as the most promising way to deliver a shaped charge), which was held at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in May 1942. The new rocket launcher scored several hits on a moving tank while the five different mortars achieved none; this was a considerable achievement since the launcher's sights had been fabricated that morning from a wire coat hanger. The trial was being watched by various senior officers, among them the Chief of Research and Engineering in the Ordnance Department, Major General Gladeon M. Barnes. Barnes was delighted by the performance of the system and fired it himself, but commented: "It sure looks like Bob Burns' bazooka". Bob Burns was a popular radio comedian, who used a novelty musical instrument which he had devised himself and called a "bazooka".

    • @machintelligence
      @machintelligence 7 ปีที่แล้ว +242

      Now I have a mental image of a "transformer" musical instrument that converts from a contrabassoon into an anti-tank weapon. Just the thing for symphony concerts in a war zone.

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      The pocket version, designed to penetrate tankettes and model tank miniatures.

    • @PhilKelley
      @PhilKelley 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      A member of the James Bond orchestra of transformer weapons.

    • @MrBioniclefan1
      @MrBioniclefan1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      n bo lol

    • @JunkCCCP
      @JunkCCCP 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      n bo I think a bazoom is something else entirely (also they typically come in pairs)

  • @christiantibaudo1467
    @christiantibaudo1467 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2014

    What holster do you recommend for this? (Planning to conceal carry)

    • @thebonedawg2808
      @thebonedawg2808 6 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      A guitar bag

    • @stephensellers2453
      @stephensellers2453 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I carry mine canceled in a shoulder holster for nabor hood protection.

    • @connorc6293
      @connorc6293 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Just replaced your hand with this thing there ya go

    • @tbone2260
      @tbone2260 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Elephantiasis of everything. Or an Alien Gear Shapeshifter, I think they have a shell for this.

    • @observingcitizen404
      @observingcitizen404 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Bladetech... "Carry confident"

  • @Bustermaniax
    @Bustermaniax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    Someone deactivates super bazooka.
    Gun jesus "look how they massacred my boy"

  • @pontusforsman5276
    @pontusforsman5276 7 ปีที่แล้ว +625

    it looks like a chimney with a pistol grip.

    • @jongsookim636
      @jongsookim636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Its chimney right. Sometimes it spits smokes and fires

    • @JohnnyShagbot
      @JohnnyShagbot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well they were often called stovepipes

    • @TruthNerds
      @TruthNerds 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It looks like a Bazooka made for the mythical 8' Nazi Übersoldat.

    • @soldat2501
      @soldat2501 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      JohnnyShagbot The German’s called them stovepipes for that exact reason.

    • @grayju79
      @grayju79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol!

  • @JonasC22
    @JonasC22 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1869

    Gun Jesus should lay hands on the injured weapon and miraculously heal it's wounds.

    • @ElijahDecker
      @ElijahDecker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      In theory, it could be legally returned to firing status. It would just need to be registered as a destructive device, have the bar cut out, and that hole welded shut with a fitted patch, then reinforced with another piece of metal welded around the tube. Although, I imagine that are a number of these in firing condition already registered, so it may not be worth the effort. I find it ironic that machine guns are harder to legally acquire than rocket launchers. The hardest part of course is finding rockets for it, as each one also needs to be registered as a destructive device.

    • @Jesses001
      @Jesses001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      He has done it before after all. He said he accidentally dropped the rifle and fixed it, but we all know the truth.

    • @intelligentgrawlix794
      @intelligentgrawlix794 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jonas amen

    • @MHLivestreams
      @MHLivestreams 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Come on, I mean, how difficult is it to add a couple of electric terminals and a switch to a piece of pipe? Anyone could make one of these in about half an hour.

    • @Dog.soldier1950
      @Dog.soldier1950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Very simple weapon. Getting the ammo? A bit harder

  • @neoconshooter
    @neoconshooter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    In addition to the 40 MM M-79 that I trained on in 1968 and used in Hue-Phu Bai RVN, I was also trained on the M-20! I can personally attest to the effectiveness of both weapons. The M-79 was so accurate that I could drop a grenade within a foot or two of my target and if I missed with the first Grenade, the second always hit! The M-20 was so loud that my ears rang like a bell for two days and I have permanent hearing loss from it. But they taught us where to aim in class and if you guessed the range right, the first rocket hit the ammo inside and blew the tank to smithereens! Turrets flying off into the air sort of thing! I was grateful that my team had access to both toys during the Tet Offensive.

  • @alexandersmall7380
    @alexandersmall7380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +548

    Little known fact, the “weight to awesomeness” is how the German Wunderwaffe scientists judged their creations

    • @mistrmerrick
      @mistrmerrick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      tank

    • @jesuschrist711
      @jesuschrist711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I mean the maus was almost 1:1, hence wny after it was impossible. The weight....outweighed...the awesomeness.

    • @kingoliever1
      @kingoliever1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@jesuschrist711 ​ The Maus meaning in German mice was as the name suggest thought as the small version, they had planes for something called Rat whit multiple 8,8 cm AA guns. This is what Meth does to your military procurement.

    • @eveflash733
      @eveflash733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@kingoliever1 i mean the German also made a small RC Tank and name it the Goliath tank

    • @paavobergmann4920
      @paavobergmann4920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eveflash733 it was packed with a hell of a lot of RDX, though....

  • @Liamv4696
    @Liamv4696 7 ปีที่แล้ว +737

    only you could make a 15 minute video about a steel tube interesting..

    • @garrettholland664
      @garrettholland664 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Liamv4696 aluminum, not steel

    • @bluesunschurch8412
      @bluesunschurch8412 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Guys your both wrong it's a gad damn rocket launcher designed to punch a hole through tanks. I think it's a little more complicated than a aluminum tube your would find in a construction site

    • @satannstuff
      @satannstuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This would be far easier to reproduce than just about any other weapon on this channel, it really is just a tube with a simple electrical system, optics and a couple of fitted pins and brackets. Seems rather pointless to deactivate weapons like this when they're so simple to make, it's not like you can go to your local gun store to buy ammo for it even if you had one that still works.

    • @kimmer6
      @kimmer6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bluesunschurch8412 Yeah, and it breaks in half and the pieces lock together to transport it.

    • @Gooberpatrol66
      @Gooberpatrol66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All of his videos are about steel tubes.

  • @LeDibeau
    @LeDibeau 7 ปีที่แล้ว +727

    Basic home defense

    • @falloutm134
      @falloutm134 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      LeDibeau yep just after the m134 on the porch

    • @bami2
      @bami2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Daily concealed carry

    • @p_serdiuk
      @p_serdiuk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      What else are you going to use against the sudden appearance of a wild tank?

    • @paaatreeeck
      @paaatreeeck 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The power of friendship

    • @kisaragi_san1378
      @kisaragi_san1378 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      perfect for deer hunting, the deer can be behind you and still get hit! good luck eating it, though... or finding it

  • @jaymassengill3340
    @jaymassengill3340 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    In an Army training film instructing how to use the regular bazooka in WWII, they touch on that characteristic of a glancing impact not detonating the shell. They instructed to aim a little low versus high if the actual range to the target was unknown.
    They actually showed a shot skip off the ground just short of the target and then impact the tank and detonate.

    • @edwardstrowder2217
      @edwardstrowder2217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jay Massengill to defeat 45 deg sloping armor you The lower part of line in the radical, causing the round to in- pact at steeper angle. (Lobbying)

    • @22wiggles
      @22wiggles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jay Massengill you have ou’re a

  • @davidallen2058
    @davidallen2058 7 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    I'm kind of sad you weren't able to take it outside and fire this one. It'd be interesting to see the trajectory of the rocket and the back blast in slo-mo.

    • @CurmudgeonExtraordinaire
      @CurmudgeonExtraordinaire 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I think each round ends up needing an (unconstitutional) $200 ATF tax stamp.

    • @edwardstrowder2217
      @edwardstrowder2217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Slo-Mo ,trajectory.is the same as a football ,about 33 ft / sec , you can see it frying .if you are fast enough you probably could cut it like you would a foot-ball , not I wouldn’t advise it.

    • @CurmudgeonExtraordinaire
      @CurmudgeonExtraordinaire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Here I am watching this 3 years later and didn't realize that I had previously watched it, much less previously made this comment... Getting old sucks... :(

    • @TheBanjoShowOfficial
      @TheBanjoShowOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire I've done that before, i click on a video, thinking I've never seen it only to see I commented 4 years ago. Kind of spooky.

    • @ArmchairDeity
      @ArmchairDeity ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/53ZA10_AndQ/w-d-xo.html

  • @LukePowerstancedUp
    @LukePowerstancedUp 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Super Bazooka sounds like the kind of weapon a 10 y/o would make up while playing war in the backyard.

  • @frankdantuono2594
    @frankdantuono2594 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Ian, this video reminded me that I haven't bugged you about the PIAT anti-tank spigot mortar in over a year.

  • @prgrier1
    @prgrier1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I fired it a few times in early 70's in CAF. The rocket was so slow, watching it arc to the target, almost like it was lobbed, there was a strap on the neck of the rocket that had to be removed, to allow a safety pin to fall out after leaving the tube. The firer could feel the launcher move as the rocket weight left the tube upon firing, so weird...

  • @white0devil0
    @white0devil0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    I hope you can get your hands on a 84mm Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifle!

    • @Colinpark
      @Colinpark 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We had ours way before the US got theirs, quite the thump firing them.

    • @white0devil0
      @white0devil0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It really is 84mm of "Sod off!"

    • @xmm-cf5eg
      @xmm-cf5eg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can't penn a tank anymore, but the gustaf will sure as hell drop a concrete structure!

    • @saithfeed511
      @saithfeed511 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that thing is a fucking beast in Far Cry 2

    • @anzaca1
      @anzaca1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@xmm-cf5eg Um, the Carl Gustav is still in service.

  • @BlueskKulls
    @BlueskKulls 7 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    Very interesting video!
    Little anecdote: a soldier died in training this or last year in Germany because he was standing behind a handheld launcher. These things are not jokes!

    • @FirstDagger
      @FirstDagger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well not really an anecdote www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/wildflecken-soldat-stirbt-bei-uebung-mit-panzerfaust-1.3509304

    • @SgtKOnyx
      @SgtKOnyx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Well it's called back*blast* for a reason

    • @Kr-nv5fo
      @Kr-nv5fo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Anecdotes are that instructors would hammerfist/kick soldier's (helmeted) head in training if they failed to check their back sector. It kind of makes sense, though.

    • @BlueskKulls
      @BlueskKulls 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      FirstDagger when the story is true is it not an anecdote anymore?

    • @xmm-cf5eg
      @xmm-cf5eg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      An instructor monitoring an m-72 law almost died when my father was in the service, only reason he didn't was because my father called him out and informed him how deadly backblast is.
      It's terrifying to think that people willingly stand behind recoilless rifles

  • @matthayward7889
    @matthayward7889 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    With that title, and that opening sentence, no you don’t *need* to say more.
    I’m very glad you did though!

  • @troy9477
    @troy9477 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Strangely enough, Bazooka was pretty much my favorite bubble gum growing up. It had the little folded comics inside featuring Bazooka Joe and his gang. I didn't know there was a bigger and better version of the WW2 original. Sounds very effective. Something tells me the LAW was less powerful. Then there was the Davy Crockett in about 1957, but that's another story. Great video as always. Thank you

  • @user-ns3vs3bp3e
    @user-ns3vs3bp3e 7 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I heard a super bazooka was here... possibly fastest click I’ve ever done

  • @Gapeagle
    @Gapeagle 7 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    Well, it's not an automatic rifle and doesn't have 30 round magazines. People CANNOT complain about civilians having one of these, right?

    • @sebastianstraub8910
      @sebastianstraub8910 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Gapeagle just walk in the classroom turn around and let the back blast hit em

    • @devincook2736
      @devincook2736 6 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Dude.. 30 round mag fed bazooka.. you're onto something there.. XD

    • @nottherealpaulsmith
      @nottherealpaulsmith 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      *kid walks into school with a damn 6 foot long metal tube stuffed into a duffel bag*

    • @theinstitute1324
      @theinstitute1324 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sebastianstraub8910 Wouldn't it do that thing with the air pressure and kill a lot more people than expected?

    • @Name-eg1uf
      @Name-eg1uf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@devincook2736 oh no

  • @-Minuano-
    @-Minuano- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Davy Crockett next! Lol

    • @mariuszpudzianowski1743
      @mariuszpudzianowski1743 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Only with footage from shooting range.

    • @teamcybr8375
      @teamcybr8375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@GarthKlaus Heresy!

    • @thatguybrody4819
      @thatguybrody4819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      hello i'm Ian McCullom here at Rock Island Action house and today we are looking at a fuccing nuclear mortar

    • @terminator3000
      @terminator3000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am pretty sure ian would happily do that when someone offers him the opportunity.

  • @tjmatthews8214
    @tjmatthews8214 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We had these in Vietnam for bunker-busting. We called it the three-and-a-half inch rocket launcher. Carried the rounds unboxed in boot socks tied to our ruck frames. I got to qualify for record with it at Benning in ‘67. Three rounds at 50m and two at 150m. Backblast was a beast.

  • @BobSmith-dk8nw
    @BobSmith-dk8nw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks Ian! I fired two rounds from one of these in ITR in 1970. ITR was basically infantry familiarization training for Marines after Recruit Training but before being sent to your school. The real 0311's went on to BITS. We did some maneuvers, fired a few rounds from various weapons and slept cold in 10 man tens.
    The weapons familiarization was hit and miss, mostly dependent on the mood of the instructor. When I fired the 3.5" Rocket Launcher the guy had processed hundreds of guys through his weapon and just wanted to move us along so he could kick back or go to chow. So he told me to how to hold it and fire it, loaded it but then didn't even let me use the sights, he just grabbed the tube and pointed it at the impact zone and told me to fire.
    I pulled the trigger and it didn't fire.
    Me: "Sir. Misfire, Sir."
    Him: "What?"
    Me: "Sir. Misfire, Sir."
    Him: "Uh ... OK ... wait a minute ... OK try it again.
    FWOOOOOSH!!!!
    I fired two rounds - and that was my familiarization with the 3.5" Rocket Launcher.
    Of course - not getting to actually aim at something or see how he loaded it - took something away from the familiarization (I had fired it but not aimed or loaded it) ... although ... we did have a class on it before firing them - and they may have shown us how to load them there ... . In any case I didn't really have anything to shoot at anyway.
    Like a lot of those ranges that were processing thousands of guys through them, while there had originally been ... something ... in the impact zone to shoot at ... by the time I got there - it was in thousands upon thousands of tiny little pieces. I could see them. Little bits of rusted metal scattered randomly about the impact zone ... getting their positions redistributed about the area with each round fired into it ...
    I'm vague on my training on the M-72. We had a class on how to use it in High School, Jr. ROTC and then ... I believe ... I also had a class on it in the Marines ... somewhere ... but I just can't remember if I ever fired one or not ... I might have ... but I'm not sure ... I remember putting one on my shoulder, looking through the little fold up plastic sight and pressing down on the rubber trigger thing ... but ... I don't remember if that was a live round or just an empty tube in a class room ... *shrug* ... 50 years ago now ... and I just don't know.
    .

  • @arthurglock3874
    @arthurglock3874 6 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    "I'm here today at the James Julia auction house taking a look at some of...well...some of the Anti Tank Rocket launchers that are going to be for sale"
    Isn't america great? XD

    • @notgray88
      @notgray88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Non-functioning Anti Tank Rocket Launchers"

    • @Tomd4850
      @Tomd4850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@notgray88 But you can buy active, registered destructive devices so... yah, Murcia!

    • @notgray88
      @notgray88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Tomd4850 I still don't see the point of rendering these rocket launchers non-functional. It's not like the average person is going to have the means to actually buy/build rockets for the launcher.

    • @Tomd4850
      @Tomd4850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@notgray88 You can actually get a hold of the real rockets if you have the legal means to do so, plus you would be surprised how easy it would be to improvise these things. Model rocket motor components are 'easy' enough to source make the engine; an impact detonation system is not complicated; and something approximating a shape charge could be done with some basic knowledge. Plus, a defined "destructive device" is very expensive to own and transport and has heavy restrictions depending on where you live. A deactivated one is just for show, and completely legal and cheap everywhere in the US.

    • @bo_nex
      @bo_nex 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      note that ian IS british

  • @TheSnikers111
    @TheSnikers111 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I truly appreciate these videos and also a big thank you for showing the optics/sights in these videos. Most people don't do this, and It might seem like nothing special, but I think it's very important part when showing a gun, to show when people using it seen.

  • @Dog.soldier1950
    @Dog.soldier1950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was a range safety officer for Marine Corps 0351 training in 1974. This was one of our weapons. It used a slow moving 3.5” rocket. Minimal back blast. It was carried broken in 2 sections. Can still go thru the firing procedures

  • @petesheppard1709
    @petesheppard1709 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The original AT rocket for the M1 was based on the US AT rifle grenade; hence the odd 2.36 bore diameter.

    • @twostep1953
      @twostep1953 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justforever96 My guess would be 60mm mortar... borrowed from France in WWI ?

    • @Trashcansam123
      @Trashcansam123 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably because they were already producing 60mm mortar tubes actually

  • @williambeck2202
    @williambeck2202 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    We had these in Vietnam and I never heard of it being used, an interesting fact, to shoot one you had to have a long hold on target because it took a long time for the rocket to clear the tube compared to a rifle round leaving the chamber, so you remain very still until you see the rocket headed down range, we all get to shoot a couple of rounds in ITR after boot camp, , evidently they had a lot of rounds, since the Marine Corps is notoriously tight with everything, and I can tell you if we had ever been attacked by tanks, they were going to have to be close before anybody could hit them, the damned things were notoriously hard ty hit with !

  • @glocke380
    @glocke380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was in the SeaBees in the mid-70's and we trained with these, we called it the 3.5" rocket launcher. We also trained with the 105MM recoilless rifle.

    • @tedgrego1584
      @tedgrego1584 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wrong....it's a 106

    • @seanhiatt6736
      @seanhiatt6736 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tedgrego1584 the round fired was in fact a 105 mm but the army labeled it 106.

    • @twostep1953
      @twostep1953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@seanhiatt6736 Yes, as with the U.S. 76mm (notice the missing .2). That shell was not a 3" round but a 75mm with a slightly inaccurate name because we already had 75mm shells. (Thanks to videos like these, I now know...) The M10 used a 3" gun (Navy, used as AA during WWI); the M18 and M4A3E8 used the '76mm' gun. But... in 1974 the Army told us the 106mm R.R. was 4.2" and we already had one of those (mortar). To make matters worse, the Russians had a 107mm R.R., (I wonder if that is like their 82mm mortar which could fire German 81mm shells...)

  • @aevangel1
    @aevangel1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Ah yes that timeless metric of "weight to awesomeness"

  • @BIIGtony
    @BIIGtony 7 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    No full auto? Lame.

    • @theshapeexists
      @theshapeexists 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      BIIGtony it does take glock mags though.

    • @throngcleaver
      @throngcleaver 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I can live with a single-shot, but no suppressor? Screw that.

    • @daylenhigman8680
      @daylenhigman8680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It is full auto it just has one bullet in the mag...

  • @Ocker3
    @Ocker3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your knowledge of weapons and weapon demonstration videos is really apparent when demonstrating the range on the optical sight, I was struggling to really figure out what was happening until you moved the bazooka and then it was really clear :)

  • @Perfusionist01
    @Perfusionist01 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice video on a rather obscure US weapon. By the way, the M1/M1A1 rocket launchers had been superceded by the M9A1 during late WW2 and for Korea. Same rocket, so there was no tactical differences. M9A1 introduced the magneto firing (versus batteries) and also introduced the two-piece tube design. The Germans used captured US bazookas to design their "Panzershreck" 88mm launcher. When the US went to upgrade their bazooka design, where did we go - 3.5" which is about the same 88-90mm caliber as the Germans chose. AS you stated the weapons were developed late in WW2 but were not produced for several years due to the drastic defense cuts after WW2 ("we have A-bombs, we don't need an Army"). The North Koreans' use of T34/85 medium tanks caught the ROK and early deployed US forces with inadequate AT firepower so M20s were rushed to Korea. The ChiComs captured M20s and made an almost exact copy that stayed in service with them for many years (the ChiComs went into Korea with no effective infantry antiarmor weapons, so they learned a hard lesson). The M20 rocket launcher served alongside the recoilless rifles until both were replaced by guided missles. Mark Bowden;s recent book on the battle of Hue in 1968 emntions that the USMC were caught unprepared for urban combat but they found M20A1s sitting in storage and found them useful to blow holes in walls for house-to-house fighting.

  • @jensenzack9666
    @jensenzack9666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    I see bazooka, I press like.

    • @Zayl1016
      @Zayl1016 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see super bazooka, I hit subscribe.

  • @kden9772
    @kden9772 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember hearing an account of a Korean War US soldier using an M1 Bazooka against a T34-85 used by the North Koreans and he said they probably fired 20 (probably exaggerated) shots and they all bounced off the sloped frontal armour of the tank.

    • @znail4675
      @znail4675 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ian actually understated the problem of the M1 Bazooka and it quite frankly didn't work as AT weapon during WW2. The issue was not that the round didn't explode, it was that the fuse was too slow, so that the round bounced off before it exploded. That ment it had no effect against slope armor and limited when it hit straight on due the distance the round bounced away.

    • @Ass_of_Amalek
      @Ass_of_Amalek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the rounded front ends of the projectiles seem pretty stupid. it seems to me like the armor slope issue could have been significantly improved if the missile had some hardened steel spikes on the tip to bite into armor at oblique angles.

  • @HarryBalzak
    @HarryBalzak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I read a Vietnam vet's story about the war and in it he described the back blast on the bazooka in great detail and with reverence. He made the comment that had he been over run, he would have grabbed a zooka and fired it away from the advancing troops, confident that the back blast would stop their assault.

  • @pasquarielloanthony
    @pasquarielloanthony 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "taking a look at some of the anti-tank rocket launcher up for sale" -can only be said in America

  • @Th3EpitapH
    @Th3EpitapH 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thanks for taking the time to get footage of the sight! optics, especially old ones and ones for less conventional projectiles are always one of the most interesting parts of guns to me, so it's always a treat. keep up the good work.

  • @Invoilabilis
    @Invoilabilis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm a simple man, I see "Super Bazooka" on the thumbnail of forgotten weapons I click.

  • @Dog.soldier1950
    @Dog.soldier1950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was range safety officer for 3.5 rocket launcher at Infantry training school, Camp Pendleton for 0351 training 1973. These were lots of fun. Lots of misfires The ammunition was all Korean War era. Very slow moving but very effective against all kinds of hard targets. Loading took a second man. The rockets had a cooper ring you engaged with the launcher then pull the trigger and whoosh I could step up and go thru the firing procedure today. Funny how all these detail come back after close to 50 yrs Semper Fi

  • @wacojones8062
    @wacojones8062 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    base impact fuze was iffy at best. Later rounds especially Israeli production with Pezo electric crystal in the fuze linked to the base unit were devastating. Point initiating base detonation fuzing became the gold standard for all Shape charge warhead systems.

  • @jamesmaddie4015
    @jamesmaddie4015 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun little fact for you, Ian,.... Up here in the Canadian Army we have something called "The field cool factor". ie: a sig 226, 9mm has a certain 'air' about it. But, a FN, MINIMI, with a 500 round belt hanging off the side, slung at ones hip has a 'more influential presence' a "field cool factor". The M20A1B1 has what we up here would call "a substantial field cool factor"!!! :-P Love your stuff, God Bless.

  • @Calvin_Coolage
    @Calvin_Coolage 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    So it's a Bazooka, but Super. Woah.

  • @rollypollyguy3976
    @rollypollyguy3976 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh my God, I'm 5 years too late... that would have been the center piece of my Thanksgiving feasts

    • @alexm566
      @alexm566 ปีที่แล้ว

      You tried getting spent AT-4 launchers?

  • @GamersBar
    @GamersBar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I think i saw a guy playing one of these in australia once
    side note , i find shaped explosives super interesting its basically like creating the same effect a plasma gun uses to cut through plate steel but someone figured out how to get that effect from some metal and explosives.

    • @p_serdiuk
      @p_serdiuk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Afaik plasma or acetylene cutters use heat to cut the metal, while shaped explosives use extreme pressure to displace it.

    • @MPI1000
      @MPI1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Fun fact: Acetylene cutters don't use the acetylene to actually cut, they use oxygen. After you get a starting puddle you can actually shut off the acetylene and the cutting is maintained by the oxidization of the steel.
      But you're right, shaped charges don't even melt the copper liner and it doesn't melt through the armour. At the pressures and momentum involved the metals behave more like liquids. A.k.a. superplasticity.

    • @lucignolo8333
      @lucignolo8333 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sometimes i wish shaped explosives were never invented, tank firefights with kinetic penetrators are awesome

    • @Thelothuo
      @Thelothuo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Dio Cane
      If it makes you feel better, modern militaries keep sabot-based munitions around to defeat ERA.
      www.chinatopix.com/articles/112850/20170328/new-army-m1-abrams-tank-rounds-easily-destroy-t-14.htm

    • @asneakychicken322
      @asneakychicken322 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dio Cane most armour nowadays is designed with the threat of shaped charge ammo in mind, with composite armour and reactive armour etc. which doesn’t do anything really for kinetic based rounds, it’s because especially during the Cold War everyone and their mothers started fielding ATGM’s and shaped charge launchers, both vehicle launched and man portable. The RPG line being one example

  • @thisolddog2259
    @thisolddog2259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Check your back blast area and yell... "BACK BLAST AREA CLEAR!"

  • @TimusOminere
    @TimusOminere 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Remarkably Pissed Off".
    My new favourite way of being pissed off.

  • @hurricane567
    @hurricane567 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have an M20, with a bipod, in 1/6th scale, for GI Joe. It's not made by Hasbro, though. It's made by Formative Intl. for its Soldiers of the World line. It was sold on a card, no figure, labeled "Korean War" and was actually busted into 2 sets. One was the bazooka and gear/uniform for a 1st Marine Div. trooper and then the loader set had another uniform, more rockets, cans that the rockets fit in, and a vest for the loader to carry the cans.

  • @paint_thinner
    @paint_thinner 7 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    Can I put a bump-fire stock on it?

    • @PostalPatriot556
      @PostalPatriot556 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally

    • @ElectronicYouth
      @ElectronicYouth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Moon Meme its gonna make it an assault bazooka

    • @velazquezarmouries
      @velazquezarmouries 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Make a bullpup version

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Isn't it already? It loads from the back, they trigger is towards the front.

    • @bereal6132
      @bereal6132 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the eyes of the government, that would reactivate it somehow and you get arrested for unregistered destructive device

  • @charlesdeens8927
    @charlesdeens8927 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fantastic historical presentation! Love your content. Thank you!

  • @caminoprojectUS
    @caminoprojectUS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Having used a modern equivalent there are a few things I really quite like about this. The firing mechanism is simpler while also being reliable. There is an overall robust look to it. The lack of a spotting rifle would however have made first round hits some what difficult. Same overall designed role though. Never ever stand behind one of these types of weapons when it is being fired. The shock wave is the least of your worries once past 25 meters. It will kill you and injure the gunner and a-gunner if you are directly behind it inside of 3-4 meters. Past that it will still probably kill you from the blast alone out to about 10 meters. 10- meters and over shrapnel becomes the primary concern. These throw debris like crazy. Pebbles, sticks, small rocks etc are propelled at very high speed by the blast. The back blast cone is quite dangerous. Not to be trifled with.

  • @cannoneer155mm
    @cannoneer155mm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned how to fix them and also taught troops how they work. Fun weapon and deadly on tanks.

  • @Corristo89
    @Corristo89 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can just imagine the situation on the battlefield... "Oh shit, here's Jim with his Bazooka again... run!"

  • @tedgrego1584
    @tedgrego1584 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My MOS 0351. USMC 1969 RVN. As a Section Leader it was my job to clear the tube when they miss fired. Great weapon.

  • @heartrate0
    @heartrate0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    as a former 0351 anti-tank assaultmen in the marine corps i tell you it's completely true that an entire battle line will shift to avoid a rockets back blast.

    • @xmm-cf5eg
      @xmm-cf5eg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean, why wouldn't they? nobody wants their organs pulverized for sure!

  • @jamesbach2021
    @jamesbach2021 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a TV show from the 1950's called "The Big Picture" where Captain Carl Zimmerman interviews a soldier who was on the ground in Korea using these. The soldier said at the beginning they were issued WWII style bazookas and they were really happy when the super bazookas started to show up. They used them to great effect.

  • @filiofbs
    @filiofbs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "[...] if you happen to have a basement full of 3.5 inch bazooka rockets [...]", that made my laugh:)

  • @beez1717
    @beez1717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The hole cut in the side was patched and looks so good! This weapon is so iconic and so cool!

  • @Voron_Aggrav
    @Voron_Aggrav 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Clear Backblast!" is a great thing to shout Before you fire this

  • @georgekovacs4278
    @georgekovacs4278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ian, could you please do a talk on the M67A1 90mm Recoilless Rifle. If you had already, I've stupidly missed that presentation over the years. I got to 'train' on the M67 as the platoon medic in the company weapons platoon, our PltSgt wanted every member to be familiar with every weapon in the platoon. This was in the 193rd Inf Brg in 1975-1977.

  • @ajesbayes9057
    @ajesbayes9057 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What a great intro!

    • @justinhemboorger1620
      @justinhemboorger1620 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just had to like that cause u have an ancient baby painting as ur profile pic XD

  • @felixthecat265
    @felixthecat265 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    UK also used the A1 up to the 60s, and I was actually trained on them as a cadet! The rocket motor had to burn in the length of the tube and there were strict temperature limits for use as in very cold weather the rocket motor would still be burning as it left the tube. The velocity was not great and the weight change was significant as the rocket fired. You had to brace your hand on the front of the guard to stop the tube dipping as the rocket went over your shoulder. As I recall, the fuze worked by inertia not not by a crush switch, hence there was a slight delay on impact and a tendency to bounce if the impact was much off normal.. I seem to recall there was a WP smoke rocket in addition to the HEAT one!

  • @StrohmaniasFlyingCircus
    @StrohmaniasFlyingCircus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Look out squirrels!
    :- ]

    • @three-stripes
      @three-stripes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Strohmann That would turn those little critters into liquid...

    • @austinhunt2411
      @austinhunt2411 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah it would my 8mm does a good job of that to

    • @bluemobster0023
      @bluemobster0023 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watch out trees

  • @Punisher9419
    @Punisher9419 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the UK to deactivate they would either cut a slot along most of the barrel or tube weld all the moving parts up or simply pour concrete down the barrel. It makes it easier to simply make your own firearm then trying to re-activate one. I don't think anyone has actually successfully re-activate a firearm in the UK after they made it harder.

  • @hansmueller3029
    @hansmueller3029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The way you said..
    ..." so if you happened to have a bunch of 3.5" anti-tank rockets in your basement..." sounded like you totally know a guy with a bunch of 3.5" anti-tank rockets in the basement.

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @alynicholls3230
    @alynicholls3230 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    a competent welder could reactivate that tube in a heartbeat.

    • @johnballs1352
      @johnballs1352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't say?

    • @ssneg
      @ssneg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No need to even weld. A sturdy pipe collar will do the trick - the pressure exerted on the walls isn't big, it is almost completely relieved via the back.

  • @MisterJake
    @MisterJake 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    My neighbors Father had one of these with a blast shield for the gunner. He was a collector and had an M1919 too. Never let us touch the damn things.

  • @TheWorldEnd2
    @TheWorldEnd2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bazooka 2: super boogaloo

  • @dachers1238
    @dachers1238 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy how such a simple weapon has so much care and thought put into it. I guess that's part of the reason it is so famous.

  • @mariocassina90
    @mariocassina90 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Home defence in Texas

  • @a4channoob
    @a4channoob 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    as a plumber, every time i hold a section 3-4" PVC pipe i pretend its a bazooka

  • @Mr037rally
    @Mr037rally 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Ha ha I remember having one of these as a kid with my Action Man (G I Joe in the US)

    • @junichiroyamashita
      @junichiroyamashita 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Never knew Action man was GI joe

    • @dick_richards
      @dick_richards 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol me too!! As soon as i saw it i clicked on for just that reason!!!!

    • @kirbyculp3449
      @kirbyculp3449 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look online for 'Mattel Sonic Blaster and Kurt Russell'. The Sonic Blaster was an imitation bazooka that was so loud that it damaged kids' hearing and was recalled.

    • @Romin.777
      @Romin.777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too!
      Still have a pretty collection. ;)

  • @bobbzor
    @bobbzor 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hit the like button just because the opening sentence made me chuckle.

  • @weir-t7y
    @weir-t7y 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "some of the rocket launchers that will be sold"
    *ANCAP MUSIC GETS VERY LOUD*

  • @garyjcsizmar4636
    @garyjcsizmar4636 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember these. I actually fired one in ITR and made tools to repair them. The last one I seen was in the early 70’s I believe.

  • @unverifiedbiotic
    @unverifiedbiotic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A weapon to surpass Metal Gear.

  • @colinblick4903
    @colinblick4903 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    While training as a boy soldier (15) or junior leaders as we were called we trained and fired the “Rocket Launcher”
    The only thing we were aware of while firing was that as the projectile moved from rear to front before exiting the tube was it dipped slightly. As long as you had it supported or aimed slightly higher if not..... it usually hit the target....... and if my memory serves me correctly our launchers were 3 piece? Tubes.

  • @levram2
    @levram2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Bazooka (musical instrument) it was named after th-cam.com/video/5YjXFOV6Nwk/w-d-xo.html

  • @warshipsdd-2142
    @warshipsdd-2142 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoyed the reminder of this weapon, we fired them in the 1960s during USMC infantry training, the HEAT round packs a punch. The ballistic vets we worm was more for show than protection. Always wear googles :)

  • @GrasshopperKelly
    @GrasshopperKelly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "And a hole the size of the bore diameter"
    As I look at the screen... "And so the lord placed his hands on the sick man, and his wounds were healed..."

  • @davidpage4005
    @davidpage4005 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    50 years ago I was in the T&AVR. We had these things and had a "Range Day" with one. The rocket weighed about 25lbs and, when loaded into the end of the tube, you really had to pull down to keep the tube on target. The fun started, for me anyway, when fired, as the 25lb + weight of the rocket moved forward and you weren't quick enough to stop pulling down so as to balance the bloody thing. Luckily we were only firing sand filled projectiles, as the round hit the ground just in front of our firing position. Hence the "0 to 450 yards" range.!!! When we finally got to fire live rounds, the resulting "bang" on the old Tanks used as targets was, to say the least, "satisfying".!!

  • @josephdillard9907
    @josephdillard9907 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Its so painful to see such an awesome weapon "deactivated" and cut up like that 😯
    Ridiculous laws....

    • @cole1407
      @cole1407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Easy fix for a fabricator to remove those unconstitutional laws implemented onto it....very easy. 😉

  • @jkjrkarmia514
    @jkjrkarmia514 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reminds me of making homemade bazookas as a kid with PVC pipe and model rocket engines and potato guns of course!!!

  • @intillex1
    @intillex1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Did I miss it, or did you never talk about the name "Bazooka" at the end?

  • @LatwPIAT
    @LatwPIAT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 280 mm (11 inches) of penetration the M20's shells had were amazing. It's notable that the M72/M72A1/M72A2 that replaced the M20A1 as the squad-level anti-tank rocket launcher could only achieve some 200 mm of penetration, and even the improved M72A3 merely achieved 300 mm. This meant that the Super Bazooka in many ways stayed relevant as an anti-armour weapon throughout the entirety of the Cold War[1]. They were kept in operational use by several nations into the late 80s and probably early 90s.
    Compared to the M72 it also had several advantages. While a single M20A1 was far heavier than an M72, *several* M72s quickly become far heavier than an M20A1 and its ammunition. For this reason and others, the M20 was often preferred by special special forces over the M72. The Dutch KCT, for example, used Super Bazookas up until the the 90s despite the availability of the M72A3.
    [1] By the 1980s it was becoming apparent that a mere 300 mm of penetration was insufficient against the newer, heavier tanks that were being fielded - but a lot of nations weren't in a position to replace their Super Bazookas and M72A3s with anything that could fulfil the same role because of the costs, and the Super Bazooka remained effective as a weapon against APCs, IFVs, and older tanks.

  • @AdrenalineJunkieXL
    @AdrenalineJunkieXL 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh no the 30-06 chauchat isn't there anymore..... that means it's been on the table in front of a camera right!?!? Lol I hope so

  • @natesturm448
    @natesturm448 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The reason American soldiers had no real back blast issues with this is because when being trained on these they we're told repeatedly to not stand to the rear of it **at all**. My grandfather told me about these when I asked him what a bazooka was when I was 8. He told me how rigorous the training was. They shot it with a stack of sandbags 80ft (25m I believe) behind it, told NOT to watch the target but watch the bags, and that when the rocket was fired the sandbags blew over with ease. Cadre told them that if anyone were to stand behind it they will be 100% dead. The sandbags didn't launch away as they only blew over, but still at 80ft? As someone that had extensive AT-4 training in the service I can say that is an insane distance.
    Speculating based on how dangerous it is the carrier would have been, more than likely, mostly put at the tail of formations, and maybe had to get 30m off to the left or right of the defensive line with a rifleman or two with him for protection and actually fire from that position.

  • @flypaper2222
    @flypaper2222 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fired the 3.2 during infantry training at Camp Gieger during ITR 1961. All kinds of crap blown back into your face when fired, will never forget that blast.....Also was taught the first WWII were 2.8 later stepped up to 3.2 and then 3.5 even later on

    • @edwardstrowder2217
      @edwardstrowder2217 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      flypaper2222 I way in A.I.T in 1961,but I have not heard of “I.T.R. ?,

  • @moosemaimer
    @moosemaimer 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Somebody made a video once of glitches/bugs in Far Cry 2, and there was one that simultaneously annoyed/amused me... the guy fired an RPG-7 at the ground only a few feet away, trying to hit someone with the blast. Rather than being something glitchy, it did exactly what might be expected: the round impacted the ground at too shallow an angle to hit the fuse, so it bounced and turned upward just as the rocket motor fired, sending it straight up. A few seconds later it came back down and went boom.

  • @Chalky.
    @Chalky. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    But how do you deactivate a Bazinga?

    • @DigitalYojimbo
      @DigitalYojimbo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Marky cancel the show ?

    • @nou1178
      @nou1178 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bazoinkz

    • @CN073
      @CN073 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      You add bad writing and a cheesy laugh track

    • @RonnieJamesDeodorant
      @RonnieJamesDeodorant 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Borjonkles!

    • @alexv6324
      @alexv6324 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Gadzooks

  • @13jhow
    @13jhow 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Weight to awesomeness ratio" This is gold, I literally laughed out loud :D

  • @jackbuck6773
    @jackbuck6773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why deactivate it when I'm sure the actual munitions for it are just as scarce if not more so than the launcher?

    • @unholyprognosis2636
      @unholyprognosis2636 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im sure if someone wanted to bad enough they could make some.

  • @PDeRop
    @PDeRop 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I fired a simmilar bazooka. You hear two bangs. One, when the rocket takes off, one when it hits the target. Pretty cool.

  • @FPSGuy100
    @FPSGuy100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Can I use this for concealed carry?

    • @TruthNerds
      @TruthNerds 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just take it apart and put it in your backpack:
      www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/01/giant-backpack09-1294528363.jpg

  • @alwaystinkering7710
    @alwaystinkering7710 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the opening quip, too. You talks are excellent but a bit technical and dry. An occasional quip like that really adds positive energy.