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bazooka  US troops engaged in battle during the Korean War. The soldier is holding a bazooka, a type of rocket launcher used principally in anti-tank warfare. | US 2.36 in calibre rocket launcher fired from the shoulder. A lightweight tube with simple sights, it fires a fin-stabilized rocket containing a shaped charge warhead. |
| The weapon's name came from its supposed similarity to a burlesque musical instrument played by Bob Burns, a US comedian. |
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| I don't care whether you're armed with a Super Soaker, water bazooka or water grenade, the Escape Fun Boat is the big gun of intercontinental ballistic water cannons, with a hefty flow rate and range of about 30 feet. Operating in 20 countries, Cadbury Schweppes Americas Confectionery develops, manufactures and markets some of the best-loved confectionery and gum brands, Bazooka, Beldent, Bubbaloo, Bubblicious, Cadbury, Certs, Chiclets, Clorets, Deemint, Dentyne, Halls, Mantecol, Sour Patch, Swedish Fish and Trident. 1 million viewers through an episode in which a patient in the operating room is found to have a live bazooka shell inside him. |
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