rocket launcher


noun Military.

a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
a vehicle equipped with many such tubes for the simultaneous firing of rockets.

Origin of rocket launcher

First recorded in 1940–45

Example sentences from the Web for rocket launcher

  • When he got back In the car alone, the general counted the models on the seat beside him—one rocket-launcher, one A-gun.

    The Final Figure |Samuel Kimball Merwin
  • Copeland fired a Martian rocket-launcher, aiming behind the ship.

    Comet's Burial |Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • The rocket-launcher and the improved A-gun were like the one-two punch of a good heavyweight-hitter.

    The Final Figure |Samuel Kimball Merwin