Panzerschreck
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Panzerschreck ( "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. Another earlier, official name was Ofenrohr'' ("stove pipe").
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- PanzerschreckRaketenpanzerbüchse 54
- Weapon.image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-671-7483-29, Reichsgebiet, Soldat mit Panzerabwehrwaffe.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- The improved Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 with blast shield
- Weapon.origin
- Nazi Germany
- Weapon.type
- Anti-tank rocket launcher
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1943–1945 (Nazi Germany)
- Weapon.used_by
- See Users
- Weapon.wars
- World War II
- Weapon.design_date
- 1942
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Enzinger Union AG and HASAG
- Weapon.production_date
- 1942 - 1945
- Weapon.number
- 314,895
- Weapon.variants
- RPzB 54,RPzB 54/1
- Weapon.weight
- empty (RPzB 54) with shield
- Weapon.range
- RPzB 54
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Panzerschreck ( "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. Another earlier, official name was Ofenrohr ("stove pipe").
The Panzerschreck was designed as a lightweight infantry anti-tank weapon and was essentially an enlarged copy of the American bazooka. The weapon was shoulder-launched and fired a fin-stabilized rocket with a shaped-charge warhead. It was made in much smaller numbers than the Panzerfaust, which was a light, disposable anti-tank weapon that used a system akin to recoilless rifles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Panzerschreck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.