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Panzerbüchse 38/39
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Wehrmacht soldier using a PZB 39 anti -tank rifle in the north of France ( June 21, 1942 ).
Presentation
Pays Third Reich
Type Anti -tank
Munitions «Patterns 318» (7.92 × 94 mm )
Maker Gustloff works
Period of use 1940–1941
Service duration 1940–1944
Production PZB38: 1,408 copies
PZB39: 39,232 copies
Weight and dimensions
Mass (not loaded) Pzb38: 15,9 kg
PZB39: 11.6 kg
Length (s) Pzb38: 161,5 cm
PZB39: 162,0 cm
Cannon length 108.5 cm
Technical characteristics
Mode d’action Manual recharging
Scope 300 m (traverse 25  mm shielding)
Rate of fire 10 strokes per minute
Initial speed 1 210 m/s
Ability 1 cartridge (no charger)
Viewfinder Metallic
Variants Granatbuche 39
modifier Consultez la documentation du modèle
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The Panzerbüchse 38 and the Panzerbüchse 39 (abbreviated PZB38 and PZB39) are anti -tank rifles, used by the German army at the start of the Second World War. THE Panzerbüchse 39 is an improved version of Panzerbüchse 38 .

In 1917, the Germans developed the first anti-tank rifle in history, the Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr. This weapon not giving full satisfaction, the German army wishes to acquire a new model during the interwar period. This one, available in 1938, is developed by engineer B. Brauer and bears the name “Panzerbüchse 38” (Pzb 38).

This anti-tank rifle works with a cylinder head system and measures 161.5 cm long for a total mass of 15.9 kg . He pulled a 7.9 cartridge mm . However, the PZB 38 is regularly and is difficult to maintain in the field. The Germans seek to improve this weapon and develop a new model from the following year: the “Panzerbüchse 39” (PZB 39).

This new anti-tank rifle has a total mass slightly lower than its predecessor (12.6 kg ). In order to increase its rate of shooting, two chargers with a capacity of 10 cartridges each are installed on both sides of the barrel: they only serve as a reserve so that the shooters replenish the weapon faster. Its production began in 1940 and stopped a year later: the PZB 39 remains in allocation until 1944, the date on which it was gradually withdrawn from the lines, proving to be helpless in the face of the Allied armored armored vehicles, even if it is still useful against light vehicles.

Position of a country serving a Grenade .

When the anti-tank rifle is declared ineffective and obsolete, a deep modification transforms it into a grenade launcher Granatbuche 39 ( Gr.B.39 ): The barrel is shortened at 590 mm, and especially the addition of the Grenado launcher trombon Schiessbecher the destin in the anti-tank pomegranate shooting Gr. Rifle tanks 40, uniquely [ first ] , [ 2 ] . The 318 more powerful wooden ball cartridge requires reinforce the pomegranate cheek which can pierce up to 70 mm shielding more than 200 m, capabilities twice as important as the original anti -tank rifle.

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28 023 Grenade were made of in late 1943. Although withdrawn in favor of more effective weapons like the Panzerfäuste, 116 copies were still available at the front at the end of the war [ first ] .

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  1. ↑ a et b ‘ The Grennades Model 39 », Weapons gazette n ° 460 , ( read online )

    Very complete article technically on the Granatbüchse.

  2. ↑ ‘ Tank », Battles & armored vehicles, H.S 21 , , p.33 (ISSN  1950-8751 )

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