PTRD-41
Sign in to saveThe PTRD-41 () is an anti-tank rifle that was produced and used from 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It is a single-shot weapon which fires the 14.5×114 mm round, which was able to penetrate German tanks such as the Panzer III and early models of the Panzer IV. Although unable to penetrate the frontal armor of late-war German tanks, it could penetrate their thinner side and top armor at close ranges as well as thinly armored self-propelled guns and half-tracks.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- PTRD-41
- Weapon.image
- PTRD rifle at Great Patriotic War museum in Smolensk.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- PTRD rifle at Great Patriotic War museum in Smolensk
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Anti-tank rifle
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1941– mid-1950s (Soviet Union)
- Weapon.used_by
- See Users
- Weapon.wars
- World War IIKorean WarChinese Civil WarVietnam WarSyrian Civil WarRusso-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.designer
- Vasily Degtyaryov
- Weapon.design_date
- 1941
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Degtyaryov plant
- Weapon.production_date
- 1941–1944
- Weapon.number
- 293,164
- Weapon.crew
- 2
- Weapon.cartridge
- 14.5×114mm (B-32, BS-41)
- Weapon.action
- Bolt-action, short recoil
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The PTRD-41 () is an anti-tank rifle that was produced and used from 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It is a single-shot weapon which fires the 14.5×114 mm round, which was able to penetrate German tanks such as the Panzer III and early models of the Panzer IV. Although unable to penetrate the frontal armor of late-war German tanks, it could penetrate their thinner side and top armor at close ranges as well as thinly armored self-propelled guns and half-tracks.
== History == left|thumb|Soviet soldiers with PTRD-41 defending Moscow, 1942. Developed soon after the outbreak of the war with Germany in July-August 1941 and put into production on the 22nd of September on the Kovrov Arms Factory, PTRD utilized the cartridge that was initially developed for the Rukavishnikov anti-tank rifle. The 14.5 mm armor-piercing bullet had a muzzle velocity of . The bullet had a steel core and could penetrate around of armor at , and of armor at . During the initial invasion, and indeed throughout the war, most German tanks had side armor thinner than (Panzer I and Panzer II: , Panzer III and Panzer IV series: , Panzer V Panther (combat debut mid-1943): ). The same ammunition came to be used by the later semi-automatic PTRS-41.