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Launcher, Rocket, 70 mm, Japanese

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    Tube, steel, hollow, mounted on bipod legs, adjustable, projecting at right angles, underneath, near mid-section; curved, rectangular, horizontal foot pads, steel; straight carrying handle, underneath, going towards rear or loading end; an adjacent other handle, with finger grips, used for steadying the tube; burlap or other fabric sleeve extending around rear end of tube, from handle with finger grips to near base, probably serving to insulate tube from heat of firing to protect rocket launcher handler; hemispherical, rail type guard around low lip of loading end of tube; hammer type firing mechanism on top of firing end, with attached wire leading along top of rear end of tube to ring attached to bottom of tube, projecting besides finger grip handle; basic ring type sight jutting out from middle side of tube; series of equidistant screws and wing nuts around middle or tube, used to secure the two sections of the tube for dismantling the two sections for ease in carrying or transporting the launcher; welded construction; overall, olive drab; burlap sleeve, light olive drab.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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05/27/2003

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Rockets; Space

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