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
Bazooka
Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...

M7 2.36 Inch practice M9 Bazooka
Bazooka
Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...

M8 4.5 Inch HE various
M9 4.5 Inch practice various
M10 2.36 Inch smoke M9 Bazooka
Bazooka
Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...

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
    Bazooka
    Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...

    • 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
    Bazooka
    Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...

    • 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
    Bazooka
    Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...

  • M19
  • M20 rocket launcher, 3.5 inch, break down tube, shoulder mount, Super Bazooka
    Bazooka
    Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...

  • 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
    Chemical weapon designation
    Chemical, biological, and radiological warfare agents are sometimes assigned what is termed a military symbol. Military symbols evolved out of the First World War from the British in part for secrecy, and to simplify reference to chemicals by something other than a chemical name...

    ) or M27 (CK Gas
    Chemical weapon designation
    Chemical, biological, and radiological warfare agents are sometimes assigned what is termed a military symbol. Military symbols evolved out of the First World War from the British in part for secrecy, and to simplify reference to chemicals by something other than a chemical name...

    ) chemical rocket
  • M25 rocket launcher, 3.5 inch, magazine fed, shoulder mounted, Bazooka
    Bazooka
    Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...


  • M26 rocket launcher, fixed, (M22 with racks) Nike (rocket)(Ajax)
  • M27 rocket launcher, rail type, for MGM-5 Corporal
    MGM-5 Corporal
    The MGM-5 Corporal missile was the first guided weapon authorized by the United States to carry a nuclear warhead.The first nuclear-authorized unguided rocket was the MGR-1 Honest John...

  • M28
  • M29
  • M30
  • M31
  • M32 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, trailer mount
  • M33 rocket launcher, trailer mount, for MGR-1 Honest John
    MGR-1 Honest John
    The MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the US arsenal.The first nuclear-authorized guided missile was the MGM-5 Corporal. Designated Artillery Rocket XM31, the first such rocket was tested 29 June 1951 and the first production rounds were delivered...

  • M34 rocket launcher, for MGR-3 Little John
    MGR-3 Little John
    The MGR-3 Little John was a free flight artillery rocket system designed and put into service by the U.S. Army during the 1950s and 1960s.-Description:...

  • M35
  • M36 rocket launcher, fixed, for Nike (rocket) (Hercules)
  • M37
  • M38
  • M39
  • M40
  • M47 Dragon
    M47 Dragon
    The M47 Dragon is an American shoulder-fired, man-portable anti-tank missile system. It has since been phased out in US service, in favor of the newer FGM-148 Javelin system.-Description:...

     (1966)
  • M48 rocket launcher, towed, MIM-72 Chaparral (1969)
  • M65 aircraft mounted, BGM-71 TOW
    BGM-71 TOW
    The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank missile. "BGM" is a weapon classification that stands for "Multiple Environment , Surface-Attack , Missile ". "TOW" is an acronym that stands for "Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire command data link, guided missile"...

     (1965)
  • M72 rocket launcher, 66mm, telescoping tube, shoulder mount, M72 LAW
    M72 LAW
    The M72 LAW is a portable one-shot 66 mm unguided anti-tank weapon, designed in the United States by Paul V. Choate, Charles B. Weeks, and Frank A. Spinale et al...

     (1963)
  • M74 rocket platform, towed, PGM-11 Redstone
  • M78 rocket launcher, for MIM-23 Hawk
    MIM-23 Hawk
    The Raytheon MIM-23 Hawk is a U.S. medium range surface-to-air missile. The Hawk was initially designed to destroy aircraft and was later adapted to destroy other missiles in flight. The missile entered service in 1960, and a program of extensive upgrades has kept it from becoming obsolete. It was...

     (1959)
  • (M81 gun/missile launcher 152mm for M551 Sheridan
    M551 Sheridan
    The M551 Sheridan was a light tank developed by the United States and named after Civil War General Philip Sheridan. It was designed to be landed by parachute and to swim across rivers. It was armed with the technically advanced but troublesome M81/M81E1 152mm gun/launcher which fired conventional...

     (1966)
  • M91 rocket launcher, 115mm, 45-tube, trailer mount for M55 rocket
    M55 rocket
    The M55 rocket was a chemical weapon developed by the United States in the 1950s. The United States Army produced both Sarin and VX unitary warheads for the M55.-History:...

  • M94 rocket launcher, mobile, Nike (rocket) (hercules)
  • XM132 viper
  • M136 AT4
  • M141 Bunker Defeat Munition
    M141 Bunker Defeat Munition
    The M141 Bunker Defeat Munition , or SMAW-D , is a single shot, shoulder launched weapon designed to defeat hardened structures...

  • M141 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    The Mk 4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket , sometimes called the Mighty Mouse, was a 2.75 in diameter unguided rocket weapon commonly used by U.S. military aircraft. It was intended as an air-to-air weapon to allow interceptor aircraft to shoot down enemy bombers with greater range and effectiveness than...

  • M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
    High Mobility Artillery rocket system
    The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is a U.S. light multiple rocket launcher mounted on a truck.The HIMARS carries six rockets or one Army Tactical Missile System missile on the U.S. Army's new Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles five-ton truck, and can launch the entire M270 Multiple...

  • M143 rocket launcher, 3.5-inch, 1-tube, tripod mount (M24 antitank mine)M24 mine
    M24 mine
    The M24 mine was a United States off-route land mine based around the M28A2 HEAT rocket normally fired by the M20 3.5 inch rocket launcher. The rocket was launched from an M143 plastic launch tube.-Operation:...

  • M147 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, FIM-43 Redeye
    FIM-43 Redeye
    The General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye was a man-portable surface-to-air missile system. It used infrared homing to track its target. Production was terminated in September 1969 after about 85,000 rounds had been built - in anticipation of the Redeye II, which later became the FIM-92 Stinger...

     (1961)
  • M151 rocket launcher, BGM-71 TOW
    BGM-71 TOW
    The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank missile. "BGM" is a weapon classification that stands for "Multiple Environment , Surface-Attack , Missile ". "TOW" is an acronym that stands for "Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire command data link, guided missile"...

     (1970)
  • M157 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube, aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    The Mk 4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket , sometimes called the Mighty Mouse, was a 2.75 in diameter unguided rocket weapon commonly used by U.S. military aircraft. It was intended as an air-to-air weapon to allow interceptor aircraft to shoot down enemy bombers with greater range and effectiveness than...

  • M158 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    The Mk 4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket , sometimes called the Mighty Mouse, was a 2.75 in diameter unguided rocket weapon commonly used by U.S. military aircraft. It was intended as an air-to-air weapon to allow interceptor aircraft to shoot down enemy bombers with greater range and effectiveness than...

  • M159 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    The Mk 4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket , sometimes called the Mighty Mouse, was a 2.75 in diameter unguided rocket weapon commonly used by U.S. military aircraft. It was intended as an air-to-air weapon to allow interceptor aircraft to shoot down enemy bombers with greater range and effectiveness than...

  • M171 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, FIM-43 Redeye
    FIM-43 Redeye
    The General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye was a man-portable surface-to-air missile system. It used infrared homing to track its target. Production was terminated in September 1969 after about 85,000 rounds had been built - in anticipation of the Redeye II, which later became the FIM-92 Stinger...

     (1966)
  • M190 rocket launcher, 35mm, telescoping tube, practice M72 LAW
    M72 LAW
    The M72 LAW is a portable one-shot 66 mm unguided anti-tank weapon, designed in the United States by Paul V. Choate, Charles B. Weeks, and Frank A. Spinale et al...

  • XM-191 rocket launcher (standardized as M202)
  • M192 rocket launcher, towed, triple launcher, MIM-23 Hawk
    MIM-23 Hawk
    The Raytheon MIM-23 Hawk is a U.S. medium range surface-to-air missile. The Hawk was initially designed to destroy aircraft and was later adapted to destroy other missiles in flight. The missile entered service in 1960, and a program of extensive upgrades has kept it from becoming obsolete. It was...

  • M200 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, aircraft mount, Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
    The Mk 4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket , sometimes called the Mighty Mouse, was a 2.75 in diameter unguided rocket weapon commonly used by U.S. military aircraft. It was intended as an air-to-air weapon to allow interceptor aircraft to shoot down enemy bombers with greater range and effectiveness than...

  • M202 rocket launcher, 66mm 4-tube, (1969) M202A1 FLASH
    M202A1 FLASH
    The M202 FLASH is an American rocket launcher, designed to replace the World War II-vintage flamethrowers that remained the military's standard incendiary devices well into the 1960s...

  • M220 TOW 2nd series
  • M260 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 7-tube, Hydra 70
    Hydra 70
    The Hydra 70 rocket is a weapon derived from the 70 mm Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket developed by the United States Navy for use as a free-flight aerial rocket in the late 1940s.-Overview:...

  • M261 rocket launcher, 2.75 inch, 19-tube, Hydra 70
    Hydra 70
    The Hydra 70 rocket is a weapon derived from the 70 mm Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket developed by the United States Navy for use as a free-flight aerial rocket in the late 1940s.-Overview:...

  • M269 launcher/loader, M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
    M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
    The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System is an armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher; a type of rocket artillery.Since the first M270s were delivered to the U.S. Army in 1983, the MLRS has been adopted by several NATO countries. Some 1,300 M270 systems have been manufactured in the...

  • M272 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 4-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire
    AGM-114 Hellfire
    The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-surface missile developed primarily for anti-armor use. It has multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike capability, and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms. The Hellfire missile is the primary 100 lb-class air-to-ground precision...

  • M279 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 2-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire
    AGM-114 Hellfire
    The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-surface missile developed primarily for anti-armor use. It has multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike capability, and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms. The Hellfire missile is the primary 100 lb-class air-to-ground precision...

  • M299 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 4-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire
    AGM-114 Hellfire
    The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-surface missile developed primarily for anti-armor use. It has multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike capability, and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms. The Hellfire missile is the primary 100 lb-class air-to-ground precision...

  • M310 rocket launcher, 7 inch, 2-rail, AGM-114 Hellfire
    AGM-114 Hellfire
    The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-surface missile developed primarily for anti-armor use. It has multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike capability, and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms. The Hellfire missile is the primary 100 lb-class air-to-ground precision...

  • M901 launcher, trailer mount, MIM-104 Patriot
    MIM-104 Patriot
    The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. It is manufactured by the Raytheon Company of the United States. The Patriot System replaced the Nike Hercules system as the U.S. Army's primary High to Medium...


Test number

  • T1 rocket launcher, 2.36 inch, solid tube shoulder mount. M1 Bazooka
    Bazooka
    Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the "Stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was amongst the first-generation of rocket propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat...

  • 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
    T34 Calliope
    The Rocket Launcher T34 was a tank-mounted multiple rocket launcher used by the United States Army during World War II. The launcher was placed atop the Medium Tank M4, and fired a barrage of 4.5 in rockets from 60 launch tubes. It was developed in 1943; small numbers were produced and were...

  • 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
    DUKW
    The DUKW is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation during World War II for transporting goods and troops over land and water and for use approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious...

     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
    Hvar
    - Climate :The climate of Hvar is characterized by mild winters and warm summers. The yearly average air temperature is , 686 mm of precipitation fall on the town of Hvar on average every year and the town has a total of 2800 sunshine hours per year. For comparison Hvar has an average of 7.7...

  • 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)
    Loki (rocket)
    Loki, officially designated 76mm HEAA Rocket T220, was an American unguided anti-aircraft rocket based on the German Taifun. Like the Taifun, Loki never saw service in its original role, but later found widespread use as a sounding rocket...

  • T129 rocket launcher, 6.5 inch, Multiple Rocket Launcher (1952)
  • T148 rocket launcher, rail, MGM-21 dart

See also

  • Rocket artillery
    Rocket artillery
    Rocket artillery is a type of artillery equipped with rocket launchers instead of conventional guns or mortars.Types of rocket artillery pieces include multiple rocket launchers.-History:...

  • List of rocket artillery
  • Mattress (rocket)
  • List of U.S. military vehicles by model number

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