Rocket Launcher Mk 7

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This rocket launcher was developed during World War II to provide barrage fire in the field, originally an Army project using Navy rockets. The first application was in naval mountings in larger landing craft (Landing Craft Infantry (Rocket) or LCI(R)) to provide fire support during opposed landings. It was also mounted on International 1 ton 4X4 trucks for the Marine Corps, and used in Battle from Iwo Jima on as well as used experimentally in smaller landing craft. As far as my current information indicates, it only saw combat in the Pacific theater, and declared obsolete at the end of the war. The Army designated it T45, and it was no different from the Navy model, except for the provision of mounting bars that were welded to the vehicles or craft. The launcher loaded 12 rockets that were fired in succession. Reloading took about 20-30 minutes, and was not practical in battle. I have no information about the control box, so I did not model it. Colors and markings for the rockets are also unknown to me.