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The man behind the bazooka
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November/ December 2010
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World War Two
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Stephan Budiansky
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Summary

When trying to test weapons for war it takes a while to come up

with the model that will actually be sent to war. When trying to
make the bazooka they were not sure on how to make it safe for
the person shooting it off. Then when a solider passed a empty pipe
he realized that that's what would make the weapon work. He
realized that a tube 5 feet long and 60 millimeters in diameter
would stop the burn from hurting the soldier that was carrying it.
When the tube idea was tested it worked instantly and it became
the bazooka.

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The weapon was ordered in to production that day; in the one of the fastest
development contracts in history, General Electric was given 39 days to
deliver an initial 5,000 launches and finish the order with 89 minutes to
spare.

Yourthoughts/Whatyoulearned/Youropinion.
I really like learning about how the weapons they used in war were made. I
think it's cool to think that something that was so useful in war was thought of
by looking at an old tube. I didn't know anything about bazookas until I read
this so I learned a lot.