• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    “Rocket launcher” seems like the wrong phrase to describe something that looks like a cannon. Rocket launchers are tubes with the back open because the rockets propel themselves through the air. The launcher itself doesn’t propel them. Rockets just need a guide to get started off in the right direction.

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      5 days ago

      This is a high powered miniature rocket launcher, they differ from your average rocket launcher in that they resemble canons. /s

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        3 days ago

        Close. That /is/ Antman in the cannon, but it was technically a crossover in a Fantastic 4 comic: F4 #16, Jul. 1963, according to my note. As for context, I don’t remember exactly what was going on but I had clipped three panels: