Germans Were Shocked By Eisenhower's 'Tool of Victory' – The Bazooka Discover how 💥🧰 a humble $25 steel tube reshaped the battlefield and helped turn the tide against Nazi Germany’s mighty panzer divisions. In 1942, at the **Aberdeen Proving Ground**, U.S. Army Lieutenant **Edward Uhl** improvised a new kind of weapon using scrap metal and coat-hanger sights — the first **bazooka**. What began as a quick fix for firing experimental rockets became the **M1 rocket launcher**, a revolutionary too

Used by the Germans in WWII, the Pak 40 makes other anti-tank guns look like toys. It can fire 10 shots per minute, and the force of one shot can blast through half a foot of steel. Watch as host Paul Shull fires one in the empty desert. 🎥The Weapon Hunter | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation