The Hawker Typhoon and the 3″ Rocket Projectile, the RP-3, have a special place in the annals of the Second World War. In this first part of a series looking at the Hawker Typhoon, we take a deep dive into the RP-3 and some of the realities of this legendary, if wonderfully inaccurate, weapon.
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0:00 RP-3 Rocket Origins
2:24 Rocket Design Revealed
3:54 Early Typhoon Testing
5:06 Desert Tank-Buster Trials
7:57 Normandy Training Begins
10:27 Rockets Under Combat Fire
12:19 Witness at Mortain
13:06 Claims Versus Reality
15:06 Typhoon’s True Impact
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