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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Jester on March 12, 2004, 02:08:57 AM

Title: World War 2 Trivia (#20)
Post by: Jester on March 12, 2004, 02:08:57 AM

Where did the name "BAZOOKA" come from that was applied to the tube launched, rocket powered projectile anti-tank weapon used by U.S. forces in WW2?

GOOD LUCK!  :aok

Title: World War 2 Trivia (#20)
Post by: hogenbor on March 12, 2004, 02:15:22 AM

Wasn't it the bubble gum with that name? Or came that after the Bazooka itself?

Title: World War 2 Trivia (#20)
Post by: Arlo on March 12, 2004, 03:15:44 AM

A folk musical instrument, a primitive version of a trombone, usually with a lower but less wide range.

Title: World War 2 Trivia (#20)
Post by: Jester on March 15, 2004, 12:45:55 AM

The name "Bazooka" was taken from a trombone- like instrument played by comedian Bob Burns on his popular radio show of the time.

The instrument looks amazing like the first prototype. Like a funnel on the end of a pipe and a slide handle on the underside.

One of the men working on the project started calling it the "Bazooka" as a joke and the name stuck.   :D

Congrats!  :D