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Bazooka, a Rare card
The bazooka is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Bazooka quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bazooka card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The universally applied nickname arose from the weapon's M1 variant's vague resemblance to the musical instrument called a bazooka invented and popularized by ____s American comedian Bob Burns.
Answer
1930s. The universally applied nickname arose from the weapon's M1 variant's vague resemblance to the musical instrument called a bazooka invented and popularized by 1930s American comedian Bob Burns. From the Bazooka article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Corazon Aquino. Corazon Aquino 88 · Knight 84 · Bazooka 81 · Lapland War 75 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Also referred to as the "stovepipe", the innovative bazooka was among the first generation of rocket-propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat.
- Featuring a solid-propellant rocket for propulsion, it allowed for high-explosive anti-tank shaped charge warheads to be delivered against armored vehicles, machine gun nests, and fortified bunkers at ranges beyond that of a standard thrown grenade or mine.
- The universally applied nickname arose from the weapon's M1 variant's vague resemblance to the musical instrument called a bazooka invented and popularized by 1930s American comedian Bob Burns.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bazooka article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Bazooka
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bazooka (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph.., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
