U.S. soldier loads a rocket shell into a launcher mounted on a jeep in the Seventh U.S. Army sector in France, December 27, 1945. – Vintage Photograph

This photo shows a U.S. soldier in the Seventh U.S. Army sector in France on December 27, 1945, loading a rocket shell into a launcher mounted on a jeep. The launcher has 12 4.5 tubes that can be fired at two-second intervals. Allied forces on the Western Front have been using the new rocket guns against the Germans for several months. The weapon is based on the principles of naval invasion craft and can be driven to its attack position, set off, and then moved to avoid counter fire.This photo shows a U.S. soldier in the Seventh U.S. Army sector in France on December 27, 1945, loading a rocket shell into a launcher mounted on a jeep. The launcher has 12 4.5 tubes that can be fired at two-second intervals. Allied forces on the Western Front have been using the new rocket guns against the Germans for several months. The weapon is based on the principles of naval invasion craft and can be driven to its attack position, set off, and then moved to avoid counter fire.

Dimensions: 20.8 x 15.6 cm

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OCR computer generated text:

5. -10F TO 105 SLUNIN ECONGEHELENS OO 211

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eng 35 allier BILDSERVICE BIPPA BA 56504 NEW U.S. ROCKET GUNS Allied forces on the Western Front havo been using now rocket guns against the Germans for several menths, it was revealed in London March 10, 1945. The most formidable of the U.S. weapons is a bank of 60 4,5 rocket tubes, firing independently or in a salvo, mounted en the turret of the Shorman 1-4 talk. Rocket launchers have also been mounted These are the first pictures en fast-moving jeeps. of this new weapon, used by U.S. forces in their march to the Rhine, THIS PHOTO SHOWS: A U.S. soldier loads a rocket shell into a a launcher mounted on a jeep in the Seventh U.S. Army sector in France December 27, 1945. There are 12 4,5 tubes on this launcher, which can be fired at two-second intervals. on the principles of naval invasion craft, is driven This weapon, based to its attack position, set off, then moved to avoid counter fire. U.S. Signal Corps Photo FO-HC-45-7211, SERVICED BY LONDON OVI TO LIST B CERTIFIED AS PASSED BY SHAF CENSOR