Willys MB With Beach Barrage Rocket Navy Automatic Launcher T45

M-7 launcher mounted on a Willys MB jeep, firing Beach Barrage Rockets. These were originally designed for use on American landing craft during amphibious assaults, to bombard enemy defenses as the craft approached the beach. A ground-based version was quickly developed for use on jeeps, and soon became very popular with US Marines during the island hopping campaign in the Pacific. Each rocket weighed about 29 pounds and launched a 6.5 pound explosive or incendiary warhead at 350 ft/s to a maxi