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A major redesign of the Panzerfaust, the Panzerfaust 150 featured a new pointed warhead (with a diameter of 105 mm compared to the 140 mm warhead of the Panzerfaust 30/60/100 series) with increased armour penetration and two-stage propellant ignition which gave a higher velocity of 85 m (279 ft) per second.
Examples include: Panzerfaust 1, M72 LAW, Miniman, AT4, FGM-148 Javelin, NLAW, etc. Reusable systems, consisting of a reloadable firing system onto/into which a rocket or cartridge is loaded, operated by one or two soldiers. Examples include: bazooka, Panzerschreck, Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle, RPG-7, Panzerfaust 2, etc.
The PzF 44 (abbreviation for Panzerfaust 44 mm, formally also Leichte Panzerfaust, [1] meaning "Light tank-fist", also known as Panzerfaust Lanze and Panzerfaust 2/Panzerfaust II), was a West German portable recoilless shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher with a barrel-caliber of 44 mm (1.7 in).
[2] [4] Both grenades used identical warhead and fuzing. [2] Raketenwerfer 43 mounted on skis. 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 ...
2 x 25 mm, improved version of the Type 85. [50] [51] Capable of radar-based automatic engagement. PG-99 (Type 90) 35 mm towed anti-aircraft gun China: 2 x 35 mm towed autocannon [52] based on Type 90 2 X 35 mm, licensed production of Swiss Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon. [53] Military designation PG-99. Capable of radar-based automatic engagement.
M18 Recoilless Rifle: 57 mm SS RCL United States: 1942 SPG-9: 73 mm (2.87 in) smoothbore SS AT Soviet Union: 1962 Miniman: FFV Ordnance 74 mm SS AT Sweden: 1968 LG 40: Rheinmetall: 75×130 mm. R 75×200 mm. R SS RCL Nazi Germany: 1941 M20: 75 mm SS RCL United States: 1944 Breda Folgore: Breda Meccanica Bresciana: 80 mm (3.1 in) HEAT SS AT Italy ...
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).
Sight picture of the 55 S 55 NE sight. The main principle in the 55 S 55 is that of a smoothbore recoilless gun with a venturi effect recoil damper. [3] It is developed based on the Panzerfaust, [3] and is similar to the Swedish (Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifle), German (Panzerfaust 2) and Soviet designs of the time, though its design was not influenced by them. [3]