Question 325: Name the weapon(60mm Panzerschreck copy in Hungarian service)
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88 rakh/B 54 "Panssarikauhu"
Panzerschreck in finnish service?
Panzerschreck in finnish service?
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Mehlsack
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my first guess: 44M kézi páncéltörő rakétavető /
correct answer seems to be: 43 M. kézi páncéltörő veto (60mm Panzerschreck copy in Hungarian service
correct answer seems to be: 43 M. kézi páncéltörő veto (60mm Panzerschreck copy in Hungarian service
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Mehlsack is correct. It's a Hungarian scaled down copy of a Panzerschreck.
I would have accepted both the 43M and 44M designation since the internet sources seem to refer it with both.
Interestingly, the ammunition for this weapon was apparently designed so that it had both anti-infantry and anti-tank capabilities in one shell. This caused that the weapon wasn't really any good in either of those roles.
The way you can tell this weapon apart from the Panzerschreck, is to compare the size of the tube to a person carrying it and you can see that it's much smaller. Also the shoulder stock and the handles (or whatever you call it) that contain the trigger are very differently shaped compared to the Panzerschreck.
I would have accepted both the 43M and 44M designation since the internet sources seem to refer it with both.
Interestingly, the ammunition for this weapon was apparently designed so that it had both anti-infantry and anti-tank capabilities in one shell. This caused that the weapon wasn't really any good in either of those roles.
The way you can tell this weapon apart from the Panzerschreck, is to compare the size of the tube to a person carrying it and you can see that it's much smaller. Also the shoulder stock and the handles (or whatever you call it) that contain the trigger are very differently shaped compared to the Panzerschreck.
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Mehlsack
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The picture from above comes from this video: http://filmhiradokonline.hu/watch.php?id=5877
You can see Hungarian teenagers practicing with the 60mm Hungarian Bazooka.
I ask myself if the Hungarians did scale down the German Panzerschreck or if they rather developed their own weapon on the basis of the original captured Bazookas they got from the Germans?
You can see Hungarian teenagers practicing with the 60mm Hungarian Bazooka.
I ask myself if the Hungarians did scale down the German Panzerschreck or if they rather developed their own weapon on the basis of the original captured Bazookas they got from the Germans?
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