"The SS Anti-Tank Rifle M.SS.41" Topic

"After the annexation of the Sudetenland and the destruction of Czechoslovakia as a result of the Munich Agreement of 1938, the entire local arms industry came under German influence, including well-known companies like Škoda. The Czechs were very advanced in weapons engineering, rich in experience and know-how and possessed modern factories. Even the conglomerate Ceskoslovenská Zbrojovka A.S. Brno (Czechoslovakian Arms Factory A.S. Brno) was placed under German administration. The then trademark "Z in the rifled barrel" has been retained and is still used even today.

From 1938 to 1945, the conglomerate operated under the names Waffenwerke Brünn I (Brno) and II (Bystrica) and was affiliated with the Reichswerke Hermann Göring, an industrial conglomerate of Nazi Germany. The main products were military equipment for the Wehrmacht (German Army) and Waffen-SS. Not only were German weapons like the Karabiner 98k made, but also Czech pre-war developments under a new designation. For example, the vz. 24 rifle as Gewehr 24(t), the ZB vz. 26 as MG 26(t) and the ZB vz. 37 as MG 37(t). The (t) in the German name stands for tschechisch (Czech)…"

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Armand

Anyone have used them in a Wargame…?

Armand

The difference between this and the single shot pzb39 would be negligible unless you're playing low level skirmish games. You're interested in actions of single soldiers with a tank on the opposing side?

No… but many thanks anyway….

Armand

we do use anti-ank rifles but we have reduced them to a generic weapon. One of the issues is that in our games, particularly using 1/144 figures, is that the discrepancy betwen the figure and ground scale means we have to strech the range to to get a shot across a road.

They remain effective against reconnisance vehicles over much of the war so are not the useless weapon some wargamers appear to rate them as.

Thanks!

Armand