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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).
Germany: Anti-tank mine — 3 variants: DM 1233 (for 110 mm LARS) DM 1274 (for Skorpion mine laying system) DM 1399 (for M270 and MiWs Skorpion) DM-12 PARM-2 Germany: Anti-tank Off-route mine: 132mm: Operating remotely-controlled or autonomously. [75] FFV 028. DM 31 Sweden: Anti-tank mine — Laid by trailer, 1.2 million were produced for ...
Class 1 UAS anti-drone missile Germany: SHORAD anti-UAS missile. Short-range air defence, anti unmanned aircraft system — Class 1 UAS drones have a mass up to 150 kg. The BAAINBw expressed a need for a cheap missile to be used against this kind of drones, and to be equipped to the Skyranger. [93] Such missile doesn't exist and has to be ...
West Germany was formed as a result of the division of germany after World War II. As part of the Western Bloc West Germany was a member of NATO and an important part of the alliance. Especially so since any conflict with the Soviet Union was most likely going to start in West Germany itself or on its border with East Germany.
The Panzerfaust-design consisted of a light recoilless launcher tube outfitted with a single pre-loaded high-explosive anti-tank warhead protruding from the muzzle. It was an inexpensive, easy-to-use anti-tank weapon for the common infantry man, being issued as a single unit of ammunition meant to be operated by a single soldier.
This is a list of German-made and German-used land vehicles sorted by type, covering both former and current vehicles, from their inception from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, to the split between West Germany and East Germany, through their reunification and into modern-day Germany.
Trials indicated the diesel engine was superior to the gas-turbine one. An Obiekt 187 prototype underwent complex tests for anti-nuclear defense at the Arzamas-16 nuclear center. This tank was equipped with the Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armour. The fourth modification prototype was similar to the third before engine and transmission changes.
Of 343 Wiesel 1 vehicles, 210 were armed with Raytheon TOW wire-guided anti-tank guided missile system and 133 have the one-man KUKA turret E6-II-A1 armed with the dual-feed Rheinmetall Mk 20 RH-202 20 mm autocannon. Germany deployed both types to Somalia in 1993 as part of the United Nations forces intervention in the Somali Civil War .