History
By 1944 the Americans were using M1 Bazooka anti tank rocket launchers in the Pacific Theater against the Japanese. Japanese military commanders decided that they needed a similar weapon. In 1944 they adopted the Type 4 70mm rocket launcher. Unlike the US rocket that used fins to stabilize it in flight, the Japanese rocket had angled venturis in the base to spin the rocket for stability. The 20 cm (8”) HE rocket used by the Japanese was also spin-stabilized so they were familiar with the production of this type of rocket.
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