rocket launcher

See also: rocket-launcher

English

US soldier aims an M1 Bazooka during World War II

Alternative forms

• rocket-launcher

Etymology

From rocket +‎ launcher.

Noun

rocket launcher (plural rocket launchers)

1. A hand-held tube-like device for launching a rocket-propelled explosive device (a missile).
2. A truck for carrying and launching a missile.
3. (informal) A rack on a boat or a vehicle, for holding or storing fishing rods.

Derived terms

• multiple rocket launcher

Translations

device for launching a missile

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: llançamíssils m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火箭筒 (zh) (huǒjiàntǒng)

• Czech: raketomet (cs) m
• Danish: raketkaster
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sinko (fi)
• French: lance-roquettes (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Raketenwerfer (de) m, Raketenabschussgerät n
• Greek: ρουκετοβόλο m (rouketovólo)
• Hungarian: rakétavető (hu)
• Irish: teilgeoir roicéad m
• Italian: lanciarazzi (it) m
• Japanese: ロケット発射器 (roketto-hasshaki), ロケットランチャー (rokettoranchā), ロケラン (rokeran)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: pelancar roket
• Mongolian: пуужин харвагч (puužin xarvagč)
• Polish: wyrzutnia rakietowa f
• Portuguese: lançador de foguetes/foguete m
• Romanian: lansator de rachete n
• Russian: раке́тная устано́вка f (rakétnaja ustanóvka), реакти́вный гранатомёт m (reaktívnyj granatomjót), реакти́вная систе́ма за́лпового огня́ (ru) f (reaktívnaja sistéma zálpovovo ognjá), ракетомёт m (raketomjót)
• Slovak: raketomet m
• Spanish: lanzamisiles m
• Swedish: raketgevär (sv) n
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: раке́тна устано́вка f (rakétna ustanóvka), реакти́вний гранатоме́т m (reaktývnyj hranatomét), реактив́на систе́ма за́лпового вогню́ f (reaktyv́na systéma zálpovoho vohnjú)

Further reading

• rocket launcher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia