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

The rumble of shells was not heard, this thing was definitely not a cannon, or even a recoilless gun, looking like this, it should be a rocket launcher.

No one thought that the rocket artillery could do this, and in his eyes, the rocket that flew over had intimate contact with the target tank.

In an instant, the target tank was hit, the tank paused, and then, a puff of black smoke came out.

This target tank is not loaded with any ammunition, it will not be detonated, it will only be penetrated, and this black smoke is because after hitting it, the tank's engine was damaged!

The tank stopped, and on the podium, Major General Barnes was already in a state of great excitement.

"Order the M10 test launch project to stop immediately!" Major General Barnes shouted, "What about the jeep? Come here! ”

General Eisenhower was also in high spirits, and he had just seen what was happening, and a large group of high-ranking military officers got into jeeps and headed for the target.

Skinner and Earl stood in place, watching this large group of high-ranking officials jump out of the jeep, and the hearts of the two of them at this time were extremely excited, success, success!

It was clear that the high-ranking officials were interested in their shooting.

Those with star emblems are generals!

Major General Barnes went straight to the bazooka in their hands and said, "It was just shooting?" ”

The M10 self-propelled anti-tank gun, which was originally the protagonist, was left to dry, and Skinnay excitedly replied: "Yes, this is an individual anti-tank weapon developed by ourselves." ”

Barnes picked up the bazooka, as Skinnay had just done, and said, "Is that so?" ”

"Yes, wait, I'll load the rocket, and the people behind will dodge, be careful of being burned by the flames." Earl said as he loaded a rocket.

Barnes took aim, pulled the trigger, and from the back of the launch tube, a blazing flame appeared, and the rocket in front of it had already swooped out and hit the tank again!

"I'm coming!" Even Eisenhower couldn't help it, and after Barnes finished firing, Eisenhower also carried it, learned what he had just done, and opened fire.

One after another, almost all the high-ranking officials came to test fire and knocked out all these rockets.

It was only after all the rockets were fired that they came up and looked at the tank, which had been lying on its stomach for a long time, and the turret and hull had been burned down one by one.

Hitting a tank is not about the size of the hole, even if it is only the tip of the needle, as long as it is penetrated, it will bring terrible results, and the temperature of this burn-through is enough to burn the tankers inside and detonate the ammunition.

"Yes, this weapon is simply God brought us to the United States!" Major General Eisenhower said loudly: "We need to put this weapon into production quickly, young man, how did you do it?" ”

Hearing the question, both of them felt a little sour in their noses, what God brought, it was completely the hard work of the two, they were almost buried, and they were never taken seriously, if it wasn't for the two of them taking the risk of coming here for a test launch today, I'm afraid it would have been obscure all the time.

"This kind of bazooka has actually been experimented with here before." Major General Barnes said, "It's a pity, the war is over, and Dr. Goddard would be happy if he was still alive." ”

Already during the First World War, the application of rockets in modern warfare had already attracted the attention of the warring parties.

Not to be outdone by Germany and Russia, which had already made progress in this area, the emerging United States at the time began a project in the summer of 1918 to study individual bazookas.

Dr. Goddard devised a number of schemes, and finally decided that the most suitable caliber for infantry bazookas was 51 mm. The rocket launcher launch tube is designed with a total length of 1.68m and a mass of 3.4kg, and the shooter must put the front of the tube on his shoulder to adjust the direction of the shot at any time, and the rear of the launch tube is supported by a light bipod.

In early November of that year, the rocket launcher underwent several tests at the Aberdeen test site, and the maximum range reached 685.8m.

It seemed that the future was very good, but unfortunately, at this time, the First World War was over. There was no longer any need to continue his research, and Dr. Goddard gave up halfway through, eventually despairing.

Now, no one paid attention to this weapon, but it was made out by two young officers. Major General Barnes also knows what the hardest part is.

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

At this moment, I was asked to the point, if you want to destroy a tank, the most important thing is the warhead!

Skinnay has been fond of rockets since he was a child and has built and launched many of his own rockets. After Pearl Harbor, he worked on a so-called "special project". The "project" had neither funding nor assistance, but only to see if the rocket had value as a weapon.

Despite their difficult circumstances, it took Skinner and his assistant Earl less than a year to successfully test a simple shoulder-launched bazooka launched with a smoothbore barrel and stabilized tail. However, there is a lack of suitable warheads to verify the effectiveness of the weapon.

And at this time, a Swiss engineer came to the United States with a hollow-charge warhead of his design to sell it, and the Americans, who were trying to develop an anti-tank rifle, happily bought the patent. After learning about this, Skinnay decided to apply this warhead to his bazooka, and in order to match the size, he expanded the inner diameter of the launch tube to 60 mm, and rebuilt a set of integral launch tubes and an electric shock device using a flashlight battery.

Needless to say, if it weren't for the persistence of the two people, without this chance opportunity, their bazooka would not have been able to come out at all. "This is really a good weapon, we need a lot of equipment for the troops on the front!" Skinnay's answer made Major General Barnes quite satisfied, and the use of a hollow charge warhead has the ability to hit the frontal armor of the German main battle tank, which is exactly what his side desperately needs!

"We've got to give it a loud name." Continuing to take two puffs of his pipe, Eisenhower said, "I see, how about calling it bazooka?" ”

The shape of this weapon, which looks a lot like this instrument, is both figurative and confident.

It seemed that everyone present could see this scene, and the Bazooka rocket launchers would appear in large numbers on the battlefield, dealing the hardest blow to the Germans. In particular, on the Soviet-German battlefield, the appearance of Bazooka suddenly allowed the Soviet Union to find self-confidence and finally have a way to deal with German tanks!

It's a pity that the Icelandic battle that was taking place at this time couldn't catch up.