Bazooka (Unit) (MnB2)

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**Bazooka**

Starting equipment:
Bazooka
Anti Armor
Description:
Good against all mechanized units. This is your only anti-tank infantry

**WARNING!: As of Patch 2.3 bazookas can no longer fire under camnets! Their large scale use is now inefficient!**

The Bazooka unit, armed with an M1 Bazooka, is a cheap anti-tank unit for the price of 4 TP.
 Their main drawback is the fact they can not fire under camnets unless
an officer orders an All Around Defense or a Concentrate Fire, and can
not kill Tigers
 with 1 shot. They also have backblast when firing which causes 1-4
damage and pins soldiers behind the zook. The 'zook' was one of the
first generation anti-tank missiles / rocket-propelled grenades. It is
in the same family as the iconic cold-war RPG-7.

## Allied Unit

The Allied anti-tank unit, the American bazooka excels in destroying crates, trees,
 and occasionally Germans. They are common in the early game phase of
many strategies. For the cost of 4TP, he comes onto the battlefield
armed only with a bazooka and is notorious for friendly fire. This however has been greatly reduced in a patch to revive the use of bazookas.

## Strategic Use

The Bazooka unit is among the primary ways of eliminating armor targets
quick and reliably, but are relatively vulnerable. Generally, it is
recommended to have at least 2 units to take down vehicles during the
game and to eliminate stacks of enemies. A good tip is to use the concentrate fire
 command on vehicles and to do so straight after they have already
launched a rocket (preferably one a different target). When doing this
try to prioritize vehicles in terms of killing capabilities, proximity
to the border, and their danger factor. Therefore it is recommended to
destroy the heavily armored vehicles with the bazooka and to let the
rest of your squad to engage the soft-skinned vehicles like bikes and Kubels. The recommended order of destruction is Wespe, tanks (heavier first), SdKfz, Opel Blitzwagen, Kubelwagen, and finally Zundapp KS750.
 However, the bazooka is also very good at engaging blitz waves of enemy
 troops due to stacks of enemies to be affected by blast damage and
lesser need for accuracy due to numerous targets to hit. Outside of
blitzes and vehicle engagement Bazookas will succeed to gib
 various troops and earn their own exp. A high-ranked Bazooka can be a
very effective unit but may take time to level. It is recommended to
use them to fetch crates behind your front line (close to your spawn
site rather than the enemy's). If you have multiple bazookas try to
spread them out in order to allow better selection of multiple targets
and the ability to aim for more than 1 target when selecting
concentrated fire due to other vehicles being in the path of the initial
 target.

## Research

***Warning:** This information was written for Mud and Blood 2.2.8b. The current version is 2.3.1g. This information is subject to change!*

Brutalized, a known researcher of Mud and Blood 2, had looked into the mechanics of bazooka aiming. This is what he found:

* Bazooka will hit in set rings around the bazooka, if an enemy is detected near a ring.
* The first ring is 200 px away from the unit, the others are each 125 px further out
* Strategically placed zooks can create a fierce strategy without holes which enemies can't escape through
* Poor zook placement can cause some enemy vehicles to become "invincible", where zooks cannot hit them.

## Fun Facts

* On rare occasions, your bazooka rounds can destroy multiple vehicles.

* Rockets must land directly on infantry for a gib.

* Shooting a fully loaded Sdkfz or truck will kill everyone inside, but your bazooka will still receive only 1xp.

* Use concentrate fire on groups of infantry or vehicles to make every single bazooka man fire

 in that direction, often with incredible results. On the other hand if
you have enough tps, after using this tactic, you can press the all around defense button and all bazookas will instantly reload and fire off another batch of rockets, rinse and repeat.

* The bazooka got its name from a giant tube instrument played by a comedian of the World War II era.
* The M1 Bazooka was one of the first rocket-propelled

grenades,
in the first generation along with the Panzershreck and original RPG.

* In patch 2.2.8, using the bazooka to destroy enemy tanks would

cause the game to crash. As of patch 2.2.8a, this bug has been fixed.