Soviet AT weapons
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Soviet AT weapons
Did Soviet soldier had any AT weapon like Panzerfaust/schreck from Soviet production?
Or did they used American Bazookas or British Piat's?
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Kocjo
Or did they used American Bazookas or British Piat's?
Regards,
Kocjo
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I think they mostly used lend lease Bazookas which they had received in 1943. They also used captured Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck. Captured german Panzerfaust could have been used under the denomination RPG-1. The german factories kept producing AT weapons for the soviets even after the war. After WW2 the russians used the Panzerfaust 150 basis to design their RPG-2. This probably lead to the nowadays RPG-7 series. They also used RPG 1943 AT hand grenades.
http://www.inert-ord.net/russ02i/rpg43/
Otherwise the Russians stil used PTRD and PTRS 1941 AT rifles in 1945 ! That's all what I personnally know
http://www.inert-ord.net/russ02i/rpg43/
Otherwise the Russians stil used PTRD and PTRS 1941 AT rifles in 1945 ! That's all what I personnally know
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Panzermeyer wrote:I think they mostly used lend lease Bazookas which they had received in 1943. They also used captured Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck. Captured german Panzerfaust could have been used under the denomination RPG-1. The german factories kept producing AT weapons for the soviets even after the war. After WW2 the russians used the Panzerfaust 150 basis to design their RPG-2. This probably lead to the nowadays RPG-7 series. They also used RPG 1943 AT hand grenades.
http://www.inert-ord.net/russ02i/rpg43/
Otherwise the Russians stil used PTRD and PTRS 1941 AT rifles in 1945 ! That's all what I personnally know
I don´t think they got that many LL basoka rounds.
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The Soviets prefered to go hand to hand with tanks with their infantry, they would use Molotovs to "smoke out" the crew of a tank and then kill them. Also they really liked to use magnectic AT mines. The Germans had so many losses, that they resorted to coating their tanks with "Zimmerit", a non-magnectic paste usually concrete to keep the Soviets from attaching their "sticky bombs".
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Zimmerit wasn't concrete, but consisted of:ChristopherPerrien wrote:The Soviets prefered to go hand to hand with tanks with their infantry, they would use Molotovs to "smoke out" the crew of a tank and then kill them. Also they really liked to use magnectic AT mines. The Germans had so many losses, that they resorted to coating their tanks with "Zimmerit", a non-magnectic paste usually concrete to keep the Soviets from attaching their "sticky bombs".
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Initially it was quite effective, but as the magnets on the mines got stronger the effect wasn't as good (depending on the thickness of the Zimmerit). The Zimmerit also helped stop reflections form the sun, and blurring the contour of the vehicle.Kocjo wrote:How effective was Zimmerit?
Since wheels weren't usually coated, and the fact that the Zimmerit got worn off rather quickly, there were still room to place the mines.
On September 9th 1944 it was ordered to stop applying Zimmerit, as it was suspected HE rounds could set it on fire. This theory was never proven during tests, but Zimmerit wasn't re-instated.
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