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The basic concept was that of a recoilless gun; in the Faustpatrone and the Panzerfaust, a propellent charge pushed the warhead out the front of the tube while the blast also exited the rear of the tube, balancing forces, and therefore there was no recoil force for the operator.
Recoilless guns Panzerfaust 30 klein, aka Faustpatrone ('fist cartridge') Panzerfaust 30; Panzerfaust 60; Panzerfaust 100; Miscellaneous Sturmpistole; Panzerschreck ...
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 ...
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).
They are accelerated by ejecting a counter-mass, such as a propellant gas, from the weapon's rear. There are two categories of recoilless weapons: Recoilless rifles have a rifled barrel and use spin stabilised projectiles (example: Carl Gustav 8.4 cm) Recoilless guns are smoothbore and shoot fin stabilised projectiles (examples: AT4, MATADOR ...
"Panzerfaust schwer" Sweden: Recoilless rifle: 84mm: Former standard AT weapon of West Germany, now used only for firing signal ammunition in training scenarios. Bundeswehr designation "Schwere Panzerfaust 84 mm/Leuchtbüchse 84 mm". [57] RGW 60 "Panzerfaust Leicht KSK" Germany: Light recoilless gun: 60mm [58] Used by the Special forces.
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).
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]