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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 ...
German anti-tank rifles originated back in 1917 with the Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr, the world's first anti-tank rifle, using a special 13.2 mm (0.52 in) cartridge. It was created in response to the appearance of the first British tanks on the Western Front. That single shot manually operated rifle enjoyed moderate success; approximately 15,800 ...
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 .
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.
World War II 25: Type 96 25 mm AT/AA gun Japan: World War II 28 - 20: 2.8 cm sPzB 41 Nazi Germany: World War II 37: 3.7 cm TAK 1918 German Empire: World War I 37: AC 37 anti-tank gun France: World War II 37: 3.7 cm PaK 35/36 Nazi Germany: World War II 37: 37 mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K) Soviet Union: World War II 37: Type 94 37 mm Japan: World ...
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 ...
The following is a list of World War II German Firearms which includes German firearms, prototype firearms and captured foreign firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military armed forces in World War II.
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 ...