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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 propellant was of 54 g (1.9 oz; 830 gr) of black powder, the metal launch tube had a length of 80 cm (31 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and a diameter of 3.3 cm (1.3 in) (early models reportedly 2.8 cm (1.1 in)). Fitted to the warhead was a wooden shaft with folded stabilizing fins (made of 0.25 mm (0.0098 in) thick spring metal).
Panzerfaust 2 /Panzerfaust 44 mm: Dynamit Nobel AG West Germany Reusable 1963 44 mm HEAT warhead named Panzerfaustgeschoß DM32 [63] ARIS IV: Elliniki Biomihania Oplon — Greece Disposable Cancelled 113 mm [64] B-300: Israel Military Industries Israel Reusable 1980 82 mm [65] RPG-76 Komar: Zakład Sprzętu Precyzyjnego Polish People's Republic
"Panzerfaust schwer" Sweden: Recoilless rifle: 84mm: Former standard AT weapon of West Germany, now used only for firing signal ammunition in training scenarios. Bundeswehr designation "Schwere Panzerfaust 84 mm/Leuchtbüchse 84 mm". [57] RGW 60 "Panzerfaust Leicht KSK" Germany: Light recoilless gun: 60mm [58] Used by the Special forces.
Switzerland produced a licence version of the Blindicide, the Raketenrohr 58 (RR 58). The Raketenrohr 80 (RR 80) was an improved version with new aiming system for use by night. The Swiss army had a total of 20,000 RRs in service, all of which have been replaced by the German Panzerfaust 3. [3]
3.5-inch (90mm) M20 Super-Bazooka team in the Korean War. The first man-portable rocket launcher to be mass-produced was the American 60 mm M1 rocket launcher, more commonly known as the bazooka. It was a man-portable, tube launched, recoilless rocket anti-tank weapon, widely fielded by the United States Army during World War II and into the ...
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For use with Panzerfaust-3 and others squad weapons; 100 delivered in 2009; Night vision goggles AN/PVS-21 United States: Night-vision goggles: 2,860 Made by Steiner Defence [52] 489 ordered in 2003; $8.9 million order, in 2004, for approximately 500 systems; $15.3 million contract for delivery, in 2006/2007, 900 systems [53]