Posted on May 28, 2019
Weaponology - "Bazooka / Panzerschreck / Panzerfaust"
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Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for posting this video on recoilless direct-fire shoulder-mounted weapons the US 2.36 inch bazooka [M9A1 was the primary version in WWII] and the German "Panzerschreck" [88 mm caliber Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 reusable anti-tank rocket launcher] and the Panzerfaust
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1. A soldier with a Panzerfaust from the Panzer Division Hermann Göring smiling to the camera, Russia, 1944.
2. Panzerschreck crews exacted a heavy toll on Allied tank columns in Normandy's rugged bocage country
"In 1943, the first Panzerfaust was created, and the shaped-charge breakthroughs were key to its design. It was a recoilless rifle that could launch a shaped charge anywhere from 30 to 200 yards, depending on the model. When the munition hit a tank, a shaped charge at the front of the warhead detonated and sent a jet of hot metal into the tank's cabin, usually killing the crew and potentially setting off fuel or ammo stores in the vehicle.
Early Panzerfaust could penetrate 5.5 inches of steel, and Germany later upgraded it to penetrate almost 8 inches of armor. Meanwhile, a T-34 turret had 3.5 inches of armor, and the M4 Sherman had up to 3 inches. This overkill could terrorize Allied tank crews who knew that, if it was hit with a Panzerfaust, it was likely all over.
Luckily for them, the Panzerfaust did have one big shortcoming: It was an infantry weapon with a range between a few dozen yards and 200 yards, and the 200-yard variants weren't deployed during the war. So, tank crews could slaughter Panzerfaust crews from hundreds of yards outside of the anti-tank team's range.
But only if they could spot the anti-tank teams from out of the weapon's range. Panzerfaust teams would hide in brush or trenches and wait for tanks to roll up, or they would sneak through buildings and hit the tanks from close range."
https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/german-anti-tank-ww2-panzerfaust?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC (Join to see) Cpl Joshua Caldwell SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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1. A soldier with a Panzerfaust from the Panzer Division Hermann Göring smiling to the camera, Russia, 1944.
2. Panzerschreck crews exacted a heavy toll on Allied tank columns in Normandy's rugged bocage country
"In 1943, the first Panzerfaust was created, and the shaped-charge breakthroughs were key to its design. It was a recoilless rifle that could launch a shaped charge anywhere from 30 to 200 yards, depending on the model. When the munition hit a tank, a shaped charge at the front of the warhead detonated and sent a jet of hot metal into the tank's cabin, usually killing the crew and potentially setting off fuel or ammo stores in the vehicle.
Early Panzerfaust could penetrate 5.5 inches of steel, and Germany later upgraded it to penetrate almost 8 inches of armor. Meanwhile, a T-34 turret had 3.5 inches of armor, and the M4 Sherman had up to 3 inches. This overkill could terrorize Allied tank crews who knew that, if it was hit with a Panzerfaust, it was likely all over.
Luckily for them, the Panzerfaust did have one big shortcoming: It was an infantry weapon with a range between a few dozen yards and 200 yards, and the 200-yard variants weren't deployed during the war. So, tank crews could slaughter Panzerfaust crews from hundreds of yards outside of the anti-tank team's range.
But only if they could spot the anti-tank teams from out of the weapon's range. Panzerfaust teams would hide in brush or trenches and wait for tanks to roll up, or they would sneak through buildings and hit the tanks from close range."
https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/german-anti-tank-ww2-panzerfaust?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC (Join to see) Cpl Joshua Caldwell SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
Why the Panzerfaust was one of the best weapons against tanks
Despite greatly limited range, the panzerfaust was super effective thanks to a large shaped charge that gave it stunning armor penetration. Allied tank crews had to be careful not to run into panzerfaust ambushes, but they could slaughter anti-tank crews at range when they spotted one.
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I assume our airborne soldiers were issued bazookas to fight German armored vehicles.
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