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Panzerschreck (lit. "tank's dread" or "tank's bane") was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 ("Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54", abbreviated to RPzB 54), an 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany in World War II.
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).
Approximately 3,000 units were completed from 1943 to 1945. It was made in much smaller numbers than either the Panzerschreck, which was based on the American bazooka rocket launcher, or the Panzerfaust, which was a disposable anti tank recoilless rifle. This is partly because it was realized that a simple hollow tube with an ignition device ...
Raketen-Panzerbüchse 54, aka "Panzerschreck" Recoilless guns Panzerfaust 30 klein, aka Faustpatrone ('fist cartridge') Panzerfaust 30; Panzerfaust 60; Panzerfaust 100; Miscellaneous Sturmpistole; Panzerschreck
The German Panzerschreck was lethal at close range against armored vehicles. 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).
Panzerfaust 2 /Panzerfaust 44 mm: Dynamit Nobel AG West Germany Reusable 1963 44 mm HEAT warhead named Panzerfaustgeschoß DM32 [63] OGMA 37mm: OGMA [64] Portugal Reusable 1962 37 mm 37mm SMEB rocket ARIS IV: Elliniki Biomihania Oplon — Greece Disposable Cancelled 113 mm [65] B-300: Israel Military Industries Israel Reusable 1980 82 mm [66]
The Faustpatrone was the predecessor to the Panzerfaust, but there is considerable overlap between this weapon and the initial Panzerfaust version - apparently the Panzerfaust 30 version was also designated Faustpatrone 2 or Faustpatrone gross ("large"), while the original Faustpatrone was also called Faustpatrone 1 or Panzerfaust 30 klein ...