The official designation of the new weapon was 2.36-inch Rocket Launcher M1. However, the first combat action against tanks of the Axis Forces took place only in the following year. The service use of the new weapon began seriously in early 1942 and the first specimens were deployed with the American troops during the landings in Northwest Africa as part of the Operation Torch in November of this year. The basic American rocket development took place since 1933 at the Aberdeen test site in Maryland. In contrast to the European armies, the US Army had never introduced an anti-tank rifle or other light anti-tank weapons for infantry and the perfection of the hollow charge grenade promised a much better method of eliminating tanks with high-speed rockets. In the years between the two World Wars two new circumstances had arisen: the appearance of numerous tanks and the hollow charge warhead. It was taken to a remote area of Cumberland County where it was detonated safely.This assessment remained valid until 1941, when the idea was reconsidered. They determined the military-grade explosive was live and removed it from the property. The Knox bomb squad arrived at the scene, in addition to an FBI Knoxville bomb technician and Kentucky's Fort Campbell Explosive Ordnance Disposal team. Crossville Fire Chief Chris South took a photo of the explosive and sent it to the Knox County Sheriff's Office bomb squad. The man, whose name was not released, contacted authorities and Crossville Police along with Crossville Fire and Rescue quickly responded to the Vaughn Street property. This unique find turned out to be a World War II-era M6 Bazooka round, and even more worrisome, the explosive was still live. While normally this could lead to the discovery of long-forgotten clothes or nostalgic memories, one man in Tennessee found something much more strange and dangerous.Ī man was cleaning up around his parents' property in Crossville on Tuesday (June 8) when he noticed an old, peculiar metallic object in the barn, WKRN reports. As Spring comes to an end, ushering in the sunny days and warm weather of Summer, people across the country are cleaning up and tidying their homes.
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