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WWII Bazooka question?

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Posted by senojrn on Friday, January 1, 2010 9:54 AM

Thanks, stik...you're right, guess I did answer my own question.  I'll think more before asking next time.    Embarrassed

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Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:53 PM

The first use of recoilless rifles by US Airborne troops in the ETO was during Operation Varsity in March 45 with the 17th Airborne.

 

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Posted by total american patriot on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:19 PM

The m18 recoiless rifle was also used

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, December 28, 2009 6:16 PM

You kind of answered your own question. The M1 style would have been most prevelant, but the M9 type making its appearance as units were taken off the line and re equiped.. Either one would do, but you certainly will not go wrong with the M1A1.

 

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WWII Bazooka question?
Posted by senojrn on Sunday, December 27, 2009 11:34 PM

This may be a little bit of a nit-picky question, but....

I've just started working on a vignette from the Battle of the Bulge; I'd like to know what type of bazooka would have been used more commonly by the 101st Airborne soldiers around December 1944 in the ETO. 

From the online research I've found so far, the wooden shoulder stock M1 (M1A1?) and wire shoulder stock M9 (developed sometime in 1944) were the more commonly used bazookas in WWII. 

Does anyone know if one was more common with Airborne units than the other? 

Thanks in advance for your help! 

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