![]() By the end of thesame year HASAG produced an improved version of the first weapon, known as Panzerfaust 30M. ![]() Heinrich Langweiler of HASAG Co, first Panzerfaust, later known as Panzerfaust30M Klein (small), entered small scale production by summer of 1943, and first Panzerfausts were fired against Soviet tanks in November 1943. Actually, any Panzerfaust can be described as a disposable recoil-less weapon firing shaped charge HEAT warhead. The origins of Panzerfaust lie in recoilless anti-tank cannons, produced by Germans during earlier stages of WW2. These simple but effective weapons proved to be devastating against Allied tanks during second half of the war, and, more important, these weapons set the pattern for most post-war developments in the field of man-portable antitank weapons. ![]() The Panzerfaust ("Tank fist", or Pzf in short also initially known as "Faustpatrone") was one of many revolutionary developments, produced by Germans during World War 2. Panzerfaust 30M disposable grenade launcher and its HEAT grenade in in-flightconfiguration.Īiming Panzerfaust 30M Klein grenade launcher (from WW2 era German manual).įrom bottom to top: Panzerfaust 30M Klein, Panzerfaust 60M, Panzerfaust 100M.
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