A rocket launcher is a type of firearm that launches an unguided, rocket-propelled projectile, although the term is often used in reference to mechanisms that are portable and capable of firing actual rockets.

What is the meaning of rocket launcher?

: a launcher consisting of a tube or cluster of tubes (as a three-tube unit placed on the underside of an airplane wing) for firing rocket shells — see bazooka.

Is a rocket launcher a gun?

Bazookas and other rocket launchers, which launch self-propelled projectiles, are not guns, though they perform many of the same functions. (See also military technology.)