Bolt Action - US Airborne Bazooka & Light Mortar Teams (1944-45) Magic Subtype: Truck / Transport

Subtype: Truck / Transport

The paratroopers had a lighter version weighing in at 9kg and operated by a 2 man team

Compared with artillery shells that had a tendency to get ‘buried’ on landing

NKVD checkpoints at bridges and road junctions monitored all traffic behind the front and were sometimes disguised as bridge-building crews or road repair gangs to catch out unauthorised movements

no US force is complete without at least one team

Bolt Action - US Airborne Bazooka & Light Mortar Teams (1944-45) Magic Subtype: Truck / TransportThe American Bazooka was first used in North Africa and on Tarawa in November 1942. The final version was longer (1. 55m) and improved the range from 200 250 yards to 300 yards. The M6 HEAT rocket could easily penetrate 76mm of armour at 30 or 110mm at 90. The standard light mortar was of relatively large calibre at 60mm. It fired a correspondingly larger and more effective shell over a greater range than the smaller mortars used by the Germans and