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Panzerbüchse (German: "anti-tank rifles") Panzerbüchse 35 (polnisch) (PzB 35(p)) - a captured Polish Kb ppanc wz.35 anti-tank rifle; Panzerbüchse 38 anti-tank rifle; Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank rifle; Panzerbüchse Boyes - a captured British Boys 0.55 Anti-tank rifle; Rocket weapons Raketen-Panzerbüchse 43 ('rocket tank rifle 43'), aka ...
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 weapons were the first single-use light anti-tank weapons based on a pre-loaded disposable launch tube, a weapon ...
World War II 57: 57mm M1 anti-tank gun United States: World War II 75: 75 mm field gun M1897 on M2 carriage United States: World War II 75: 75 K/44 Finland: World War II 75: 7.5 cm PaK 97/38 Nazi Germany: World War II (1942) 75: 7.5 cm PaK 40 Nazi Germany: World War II (1941) 75: 7.5 cm PaK 50 Nazi Germany: World War II (1944) 75: 75 mm ...
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.
Pages in category "World War II anti-tank guns of Germany" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun; 37 mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K) 37 mm gun M3; 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) 45 mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42) Cannone da 47/32; 47 mm APX anti-tank gun; 47 mm Model 1931 anti-tank gun; 57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) 75 mm field gun M1897 on M2 carriage; 75 mm Reșița Model 1943
Design of a horse-drawn, 3.7 cm anti-tank gun (designated 3.7 cm Pak L/45) by Rheinmetall commenced in 1924 and the first guns were issued in 1928. [5] By the early 1930s, it was apparent that horse-drawn artillery was obsolescent, and the gun was modified for motorized transport by substituting magnesium-alloy wheels and pneumatic tires for the original spoked wooden wheels, allowing it to be ...
As such, it was the first German antitank rocket developed after World War II, a conflict in which German hand-held antitank weapons such as the Panzerfaust played a prominent role during 1944–45. The PzF 44 was a product of a period in which the German army was re-equipped with locally developed arms and equipment and retired the aging U.S ...