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Line 8: − '''Panzerschreck''' (German: [[tank]] terrorizer) was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse ('rocket tank rifle', abbreviated to RPzB), an 88 mm calibre reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by the [[Germans]] in [[World War II]]. Another popular nickname was Ofenrohr ("stove pipe"). − − The weapon was used by the German infantry to help disrupt allied armor attacks. It was shoulder-launched and fired a rocket-propelled, fin-stabilized grenade with a shaped charge warhead. While the weapon was effective, the vast industrial advantage of the allied nations made the effectiveness of individual German weapons moot in preventing an allied victory. It was made in much smaller numbers than the Panzerfaust, which was a disposable recoilless rifle firing an anti-tank grenade. −
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'''Panzerschreck''' (German: [[tank]] terrorizer) was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse ('rocket tank rifle', abbreviated to RPzB), an 88 mm calibre reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by the [[Germans]] in [[World War II]]. Another popular nickname was Ofenrohr ("stove pipe").
The weapon was used by the German infantry to help disrupt allied armor attacks. It was shoulder-launched and fired a rocket-propelled, fin-stabilized grenade with a shaped charge warhead. While the weapon was effective, the vast industrial advantage of the allied nations made the effectiveness of individual German weapons moot in preventing an allied victory. It was made in much smaller numbers than the Panzerfaust, which was a disposable recoilless rifle firing an anti-tank grenade.
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|colspan="3"|<hr/>(left) [[Volksturm]] being outfitted with the Panzerfaust in spring 1945; (right} Panzerfaust 3 used in the [[Russia-Ukraine war]] 2022.
|colspan="3"|<hr/>(left) [[Volksturm]] being outfitted with the Panzerfaust in spring 1945; (right} Panzerfaust 3 used in the [[Russia-Ukraine war]] 2022.
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The weapon was created in response to the incredible success of the Allied "[[Bazooka]]" against German armor, outshining the penetration, accuracy and range of the German antitank grenades. After being reverse-engineered in Germany, the first Panzerschreck model, RPzB 43, began to roll off assembly lines.
The weapon was created in response to the incredible success of the Allied "[[Bazooka]]" against German armor, outshining the penetration, accuracy and range of the German antitank grenades. After being reverse-engineered in Germany, the first Panzerschreck model, RPzB 43, began to roll off assembly lines.