[Military Martial Arts Plane]: Lu Zhi now has scenes of terrorists or villains carrying rocket launchers in military movies. RPG7 is the most popular rocket launcher. In the United States, the most famous one is another more powerful bazooka, which is the famous AT4 bazooka.

[Military Martial Plane]: Lu Zhi

Nowadays, military movies usually show terrorists or villains carrying bazooka . RPG7 is the most popular bazooka. In the United States, the most famous one is another more powerful bazooka, which is the famous AT4 bazooka.

▲AT4 bazooka has a very simple appearance

Since the 1960s, anti-tank missile has become one of the main weapons of anti-armor. However, for individual soldiers, the cost of individual anti-tank missiles is too high to be equipped with large numbers of troops. Therefore, the main anti-tank weapon of general infantry is still the bazooka. RPG7 is powerful and cheap. It is currently the most widely used rocket launcher in the world. Of course, it is also defined as a recoilless cannon. Although the RPG7 is powerful, it is still a bit powerless to deal with some improved second-generation tanks or newly launched third-generation tanks, and it cannot be penetrated from the front.

AT4 has a relationship with the famous Kargustav recoilless gun, and can be regarded as a cheap alternative to recoilless gun. The name of AT4 comes from its caliber. Americans think that the 84mm Eighty-four reads very close to the AT4, so they turn the bazooka into the AT4 and the model is M136. AT4 is a product of Swedish Saab, replacing the rocket in some NATO national arsenals. The M72 is a light bazooka with a caliber of 66mm and throws it after hitting. This kind of bazooka has appeared in American movies many times. Like the RPG7, it is not powerful enough to deal with new tanks.

▲The is using AT4's US Marine Corps Soldier

AT4's launch tube is very light, the main material is aluminum alloy and fiberglass, and there is no spiral rifle in the launch tube. The AT4 is about one meter in length, weighs 6.7 kg, and has a maximum effective range of 300 meters. Experienced shooters can even attack targets 500 meters away. There are three main types of warheads of AT4. The first type is armor-breaking bomb , which is HEAT. The armor-breaking thickness of this warhead is about 400 mm, which is more than enough to attack the second-generation tank. The sides and back of the third-generation tank cannot withstand the attack of the warhead. The second type is high-explosive bomb , which is mainly used to deal with fixed targets such as buildings and is a powerful tool for demolition. The third type is a high-penetration bomb called HP, which has stronger armor-breaking ability and can penetrate 600 mm of homogeneous steel armor. The front armor of many third-generation tanks cannot withstand the attack of the warhead.

▲The dangerous area behind the bazooka is very large when launching. The lying position requires even the legs to be separated to prevent burns on the legs

However, the AT4 bazooka is a disposable weapon, so these warheads cannot be replaced during combat, but are pre-installed in the launcher. There is a common problem with this type of recoil-free weapon, which is a strong impact area behind you. If you are not careful, it will cause casualties, so it is generally not recommended to use indoors. This is also the reason why many movies have militants standing on the roof and attacking the ground armored troops with bazooka. The operation of the

AT4 bazooka is very simple. Open the two safe devices, turn on the fire and press the trigger to fire. The aiming method is done by simple sights, but you can also use simple optical or night vision goggles to aim. American soldiers often use this simple and reliable rocket launcher in tough battles. For tanks such as T72 or T55 that are widely used in the Middle East, they can be destroyed with just one shot.

▲After the AT4 is launched, a lot of dust will rise around

AT4. The range of use is very large. Not only can it be carried by individual soldiers, but many soldiers even have to hang an AT4 on the back seat of a truck or Hummer, which can be used anytime and anywhere. The positioning of AT4 in the army is very similar to that of our country's Type 89 bazooka, and since the tank's protective power is getting more and more sufficient, attacking has become the most important purpose.

▲Type 89 bazooka is one of the most important army individual weapon in my country. All kinds of targets can be used first, one or even a few rockets

In 1983, the US military selected the AT4 bazooka and purchased 270,000 sets from Swedish in 1985. Although the unit price is less than US$1,500, it is also a very huge order. Although

AT4 is widely used and has relatively powerful power, the current third-generation tank has excellent protection after upgrading. Even the more powerful Russian RPG29 cannot guarantee effective breakdown. When the Cold War was about to end, the United States also tested the 130mm caliber AT4, which was similar to the 120mm Type 98 Heavy Anti-Tank Bazooka equipped by my country. Even the third generation main battle tanks were difficult to withstand the attacks of these bazooka. However, this model of bazooka was not equipped with troops in the end, and the reason was very simple and it was not convenient to use. Bazooka such as the Type 89 bazooka and AT4 can be carried with you, but it is not convenient to carry a bazooka with a larger caliber. Although it is powerful enough, its attack efficiency is quite low. It is somewhat incompetent as a single anti-tank weapon. Even if you need equipment, you must use it with other rocket launchers. It can be said that the At4 Bazooka is equivalent to the RPG7 in the United States. It is cheap, easy to operate, and has a wide range of equipment.

▲The 98 bazooka is too large and not convenient to use, but it is very powerful. It has a special improved version of

AT4, called AT4CS. When this model is launched indoors, it will spray salt water backward, which can greatly weaken the flame's damage to personnel. It can be launched in a wider indoors and has very high flexibility in use. However, this model also has defects. Although salt water can neutralize the flame, its initial speed has dropped by about 65 meters per second, which has affected its accuracy and attack power to a certain extent.

▲AT4CS