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The Panzerfaust (German: [ˈpantsɐˌfaʊst], lit. ' tank fist ' or ' armour fist ', [2] plural: Panzerfäuste) was a development family of single-shot man-portable anti-tank systems developed by Nazi Germany during World War II.
The Panzerfaust 3 (lit. ' armor fist ' or 'tank fist') is a modern semi-disposable recoilless anti-tank weapon, which was developed between 1978 and 1985 and first entered service with the Bundeswehr in 1987 (although they did not officially adopt it until 1992).
The PzF 44 (abbreviation for Panzerfaust 44 mm, formally also Leichte Panzerfaust, [1] meaning "Light tank-fist", also known as Panzerfaust Lanze and Panzerfaust 2/Panzerfaust II), was a West German portable recoilless shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher with a barrel-caliber of 44 mm (1.7 in).
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
The following is a list of MANPATS.. Three main categories of MANPATS are in use, which are split into the following lists. Rocket launchers launch unguided self-propelled projectiles.
Operation Panzerfaust (German: Unternehmen Panzerfaust, lit. 'Operation Armored Fist') was a military operation undertaken in October 1944 by the German Wehrmacht to ensure the Kingdom of Hungary would remain a German ally in World War II .
The Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck (tank fist and tank terror, respectively) gave the German infantryman the ability to destroy any tank on the battlefield from 50 to 150 meters with relative ease of use and training (unlike the British PIAT).
The development of man-portable, shoulder-fired, anti-tank rocket launchers began in 1941; most could be reloaded, but a few, such as the German Panzerfaust, were fired from disposable tubes. Unlike anti-tank guns, their light weight made them easily portable by individual infantrymen on the battlefield, and they offered similar degrees of ...