At this time, on the rostrum, Major General Barnes, the head of the Ground Ordnance Development Department, looked at them with sharp eyes.

I didn't hear the rumbling of shells shooting. This thing is definitely not a cannon, nor even a recoilless cannon. It seems that it should be a rocket launcher.

No one thought that the rocket launcher could do this. In his eyes, the rocket that flew over had an intimate contact with the target tank.

In an instant, the target tank was hit. The tank paused for a moment, and then a stream of black smoke emerged.

This target tank does not contain any ammunition, and will not explode, but will only be penetrated. This black smoke is because the engine of the tank was damaged after it was shot in!

The tank stopped, and Major General Barnes was already extremely excited on the rostrum.

"Immediately order the m10 test-shooting project to stop!" Major General Barnes shouted: "Where is the Jeep? Come here!"

General Eisenhower was also very excited. He saw clearly what happened just now. A large group of senior military officials got on a jeep and headed towards the target position.

Schennai and Earl stood there, watching the large group of senior officials jump out of the jeep. They were extremely excited at this moment, and they succeeded, and they succeeded!

It is obvious that these senior officials are interested in their shooting.

Those who carry star badges are all generals!

Major General Barnes came straight to the bazooka in their hands and said, "It was just that he was shooting?"

The m10 self-propelled anti-tank gun, which was originally the protagonist, was left aside. Schennai excitedly replied: "Yes, this is a single-soldier anti-tank weapon we developed ourselves."

Barnes carried the bazooka, and continued, just like Schennai had done, and said, "Is that true?"

"Yes, wait, I load the rockets, the people behind dodge and be careful of being burned by the flames." Earl said, loading a rocket in.

Barnes aimed, pulled the trigger, and a hot flame emerged from behind the launch tube. The rocket in front had already flew out and hit the tank again!

"I'll do it!" Even Eisenhower couldn't help it. After Barnes fired, Eisenhower also carried it, followed the way he was just now and fired.

One after another, almost all the senior officials came to test the fire and fired all the rockets empty.

After all the rockets were fired, they came up and looked at the tank that had already been lying on the turret and the body of the car, which had already been melted.

When fighting a tank, it does not depend on the size of the hole. Even if it is only small in the needle tip, it will bring terrible results as soon as it is penetrated. The burn-through temperature is enough to burn the tank hands inside and detonate the ammunition.

"Yes, this weapon is simply brought to us by God!" Major General Eisenhower said loudly: "We need to put this weapon into production quickly. Young people, how did you do it?"

When they heard the question, both of them felt a little sore in their noses. What God brought about was the hard work of the two, and they were almost buried and never valued. If they hadn't taken the risk of coming here to test the shooting today, they would have probably been unknown.

"This kind of bazooka has actually been tested here before," said Major General Barnes. "It's a pity that the battle has passed. If Dr. Goddard is still alive, he will definitely be happy."

As early as World War I, the use of rockets in modern warfare had attracted the attention of all parties involved.

The emerging United States at that time was unwilling to fall into Germany and Russia, which had already made progress in this regard, and began a project on the study of individual bazooka in the summer of 1918. Dr. Goddard.

Dr. Goddard designed a variety of solutions, and finally he believed that the most suitable diameter for infantry bazooka is 51mm. The total length of the bazooka launcher he designed was 1.68m and the mass was 3.4kg. When used, the shooter must put the front of the tube on his shoulders so that the shooting direction can be adjusted at any time. The rear of the launcher is supported by a light bipod.

In early November of that year, the bazooka conducted multiple tests at the Aberdeen test site, with a maximum range of 685.8m.

It seemed that the prospects were very good, but unfortunately, at this time, the war ended. There was no need to continue research at that time. Dr. Goddard gave up halfway and ended up in depression.

Now, no one valued this weapon, but it was brought out by two young officers. Major General Barnes also knew what the most difficult part was.

"What is the warhead for this rocket?" Barnes asked.

This immediately asked the point. If you want to destroy the tank, the most important thing is the warhead!

Schennai liked rockets since he was a child and had made and launched many rockets by himself. After the Pearl Harbor incident, he participated in the research work of a so-called "special project". The "project" has neither funds nor assistance, but only examines whether the rocket has the value of being used as a weapon.

Although it was difficult, Schennai and his assistant Earl took less than a year to successfully test a simple shoulder-fired bazooka that used a smooth bore tube to launch and stabilize the tail. However, it lacked a suitable warhead to verify the effectiveness of the weapon.

At this moment, a Swiss engineer came to the United States with a hollow-loaded warhead designed by him to promote it. The American who was trying to develop an anti-tank rifle happily bought the patent. After learning, Schennai decided to apply this warhead to his rocket launcher. In order to match the size, he expanded the inner diameter of the launcher to 60 mm, remade a set of integrated launcher and electric shock device using flashlight batteries. After the manufacturing process, he caught up with the experiment here.

Needless to mention the sadness among them, if it were not for the two people's persistence and this chance, their bazooka would not have been released at all. "This is really a good weapon. We need a lot of equipment to the frontline troops!" Schennai's answer made Major General Barnes quite satisfied. He used a hollow charge warhead and had the ability to attack the front armor of the German main battle tank, which was exactly what he needed urgently!

"We have to give it a loud name." Eisenhower continued to smoke with his pipe, "I see, how about calling it Bazouka?"

The appearance of this weapon looks very similar to this kind of instrument, both vivid and confident.

Everyone present seemed to be able to see this scene. The Bazuka rocket launcher would appear in large numbers on the battlefield, giving the Germans the heaviest blow. Especially, on the Soviet-German battlefield, the appearance of Bazuka suddenly made the Soviet Union find confidence and finally had a way to deal with German tanks!
Chapter completed!