Rocket launcher/Doom 3

"A portable self-propelled rocket designed for demolition and debris removal, this model has been modified for use as a military weapon."

- PDA Description

The rocket launcher of Doom 3 is a weapon that is first found halfway through the single-player campaign, atop a shelf in the Recycling Sector. Ammunition is generally scarce until the player reaches Delta Labs, and is known to be particularly abundant in Hell.

Weapon Schematics
Unlike the Classic Doom rocket launcher, which allowed for endless firing, the new rocket launcher loads from a 5-rocket magazine. Its time interval between firing has also been increased, which limits its ability to bombard opponents. Ammunition for the Rocket Launcher is in the form of 5 or 10 shot magazines. The rocket launcher also does not have an electronic screen to serve as the ammo counter, unlike many of the other weapons which have been modified to include the aforementioned, however the player can still calculate remaining ammo by looking at how many rockets are in the clip.

Tactical usage
Like the earlier version, it carries highly-explosive rockets and reloads fairly quickly. The rockets travel only slightly faster then the plasma gun shots, but their effects are much more devastating; a single rocket can kill, even gib, a half dozen Zombies grouped together.

As in Classic Doom, short range combat is dangerous if not suicidal, especially near ledges, since the splash damage of the rockets are much stronger than before. Medium range combat is most effective with the weapon, with the physics engine sending enemies flying, often in several pieces. The slow speed of the rockets makes long range combat difficult, unless it is being used against a large, slow-moving target. Like rockets from the demons, your own rockets can be intercepted with weapons fire, though this rarely happens outside of random coincidence.

In single player, the weapon is most effective against the tougher enemies such as the Hell Knights, Mancubi, and Arch-vile, though it can also be used in enclosed spaces successfully against Cacodemons, Revenants, and Commandos, although Tentacle Commandos tend to dodge it, as can Chaingun Commandos if they are not firing.

While it provides only minimal blowback in single player for rocket jumps, in multiplayer it makes a useful, albeit health-draining, height booster for your jumps.