PTRS-41
Sign in to saveAlso known as PTRS 1941 Anti-tank Rifle, PTRS, Simonov anti-tank rifle
The PTRS-41 () is a World War II-era semi-automatic anti-tank rifle firing the 14.5×114mm cartridge.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- PTRS-41
- Weapon.image
- PTRS 41.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- PTRS
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Anti-tank rifle
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1941–present
- Weapon.used_by
- see Users
- Weapon.wars
- World War IIKorean WarChinese Civil WarLebanese Civil WarSyrian Civil WarWar in DonbasRusso-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.designer
- Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov
- Weapon.design_date
- 1938–1939
- Weapon.production_date
- 1941–1945
- Weapon.part_length
- <!--
- Weapon.height
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- Weapon.cartridge
- 14.5×114mm
- Weapon.action
- Gas-operated; short stroke gas piston, vertically tilting bolt
- Weapon.range
- against armoured vehicles
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- anti-tank rifle
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 20.96
- Designed by
- Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov
- Conflict
- War in Donbas
- Image
- PTRS rifle at Great Patriotic War museum in Smolensk.jpg
- Length
- 1219
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- Commons category
- PTRS-41
- Commons gallery
- PTRS-41
- service entry
- 1941-01-01
- ammunition
- 14.5 x 114 mm
- caliber
- 14.5
- muzzle velocity
- 1012
- inception
- 1941-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Design
- History
- Users
- Non-state actors
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
The PTRS-41 () is a World War II-era semi-automatic anti-tank rifle firing the 14.5×114mm cartridge.
==Design== thumb|14.5mm anti-tank rifles PTRD-41 and PTRS-41 The PTRS-41 was produced and used by the Soviet Union during World War II. In the years between the World Wars, the Soviet Union began experimenting with different types of armour-piercing anti-tank cartridges. Finding the 12.7×108mm insufficient, they began development of what became the 14.5×114mm armour-piercing round. Rukavishnikov developed to use this cartridge, but it was not successful because of some manufacturing issues, a sufficient number of more effective anti-tank guns in the Red Army, and high expectations about new German tank armour.
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