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The PTRD and the similar but semi-automatic PTRS-41 were the only individual anti-tank weapons available to the Red Army in numbers upon the outbreak of the war with Germany. The 14.5 mm armor-piercing bullet had a muzzle velocity of 1,012 m/s (3,320 ft/s).
14.5mm anti-tank rifles PTRD-41 and PTRS-41. The PTRS-41 was produced and used by the Soviet Union during World War II. In the years between the World Wars, the Soviet Union began experimenting with different types of armour-piercing anti-tank cartridges.
Degtyarev PTRD 1941 ©Vladdie / Wikimedia Commons - Original / License. Year entered service: ... Walther Gewehr 41 (G41 / Gew 41) ©Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons - Original / License. Year ...
Red Army soldiers with a PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle during the Battle of Kursk. During World War II, anti-materiel guns were widely used.In September 1939 Polish army used the successful wz. 35 anti-tank rifle, around 800 of which were captured by Germans and put into service as Panzerbüchse 35(p).
PTRD-41 Soviet Union: 1941 Bolt-action 14.5×114mm PTRS-41 Soviet Union: 1941 Semi-automatic 14.5×114mm Zastava M93 Black Arrow Serbia: 1998 Bolt-action .50 BMG 12.7×108mm Zastava M12 Black Spear Serbia: 12.7x108mm Denel NTW-20 South Africa: 1998 Bolt-action 14.5×114mm (NTW 14.5) 20×82mm (NTW 20) 20×110mm Hispano (NTW 20) Neopup PAW-20
The Soviet PTRS-41 and PTRD of World War II vintage were used by North Korean and Chinese forces during the Korean War as they lacked more modern infantry anti-tank ...
During the Axis invasion of the USSR in summer 1941 he created the PTRD-41 14.5mm anti-tank rifle. In 1944 he became Major General of the Engineering and Artillery Service of the Soviet Union. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He designed a belt-fed light machine gun, the RPD , chambered for the 7.62×39mm intermediate cartridge.
Though armed only with standard issue Mosin-Nagant infantry rifles and DP and PM-M1910 machine guns, all useless against tanks, and with RPG-40 anti-tank grenades and PTRD-41 anti-tank rifles, they fought tirelessly and defiantly, with uncommon bravery and unwavering dedication, to protect Moscow and their Motherland.