T34 Calliope

T34 Calliope in France

The Rocket Launcher T34 (Calliope) was a tank-mounted rocket launcher used by the United States Army during the Second World War. The launcher was mounted atop the Medium Tank M4 and fired a barrage of 4.6 inch rockets from 60 launch tubes. It was developed in 1943, small numbers were produced and were used by the 2nd Armored Division in France in August 1944.

[edit] Variants

Rocket Launcher T34 (Calliope) - Version carrying 60 4.6 inch rockets in arrangement of a group of 36 tubes on the top, and a pair jettisonable groups of 12 tubes on the bottom (M4A1 jettison not able).
Rocket Launcher T34E1 (Calliope) - Same as T34 but groups of 12 jettisonable tubes replaced by groups of 14 tubes.
Rocket Launcher T34E2 (Calliope) - Calibre of rockets increased from 4.6 inch to 7.2 inch, number of tubes remains at 60. Saw combat in 1944-1945.

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