"Panzerschreck — Amazing Facts About the German Bazooka" Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 Sep 2022 4:58 p.m. PST |
"THE PANZERSCHRECK OR "tank fright" was a German-built hand-held anti-tank weapon that made life uncomfortable for Allied tank crew, especially in urban areas. Here are five things you ought to know about this fearsome Axis weapon. In 1943, German forces in Tunisia captured a quantity of U.S. 2.36-inch anti-tank weapons. The weapon, which was known informally as the Bazooka, was of immediate interest to the Axis, who commissioned the development of a Wehrmacht equivalent. The result was the Raketenpanzerbüsche 43 (RPzB 43). The design was clearly indebted to the U.S. weapon, but with some key improvements. Among these was the RPzB 43's 88mm shaped-charge warhead – it provided better penetrative capability than the 60mm U.S. version. Rounds were fired electrically via an impulse magneto, something that the U.S. Army adopted for later Bazooka models like the M9/M9A1 — earlier variants used a battery ignition system…"
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Frederick  | 07 Sep 2022 5:24 p.m. PST |
Interesting example of reverse engineering that actually improved the weapon – thanks for sharing |
| 42flanker | 08 Sep 2022 9:56 a.m. PST |
I think 'panzer /tank terror' is a more appropriate translation |
| Tango01 | 08 Sep 2022 3:59 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami…. Armand |
| Andy ONeill | 09 Sep 2022 1:53 p.m. PST |
I think the pictures are better than the words of that article. Interesting though. Thanks Armand. The shrek round was based on the puppchen round. The germans had the puppchen and it's ammo. When they saw the bazooka they pretty much immediately thought "ahah, pretty much the same sort of effectiveness but way simpler cheaper and lighter".
link Minor adjustment to the ammo and theh had the shrek round.
Details of which: bergflak.com/psammo.html |
| Tango01 | 09 Sep 2022 3:41 p.m. PST |
No mention my friend… and thanks…. Armand |
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