Weapon No 146
14.5 mm Rifle Anti-Tank Ptrs 41 Simonov
An anti-tank rifle used by the USSR during World War 2. There is also a heavy
machine gun of the same calibre. The 14.5 mm cartridge used by these weapons
exists in armour piercing incendiary, incendiary tracer and armour-piercing
incendiary tracer types. The rifle was designed by Serge Simonov, who also
designed a light machine gun in 1926 and a self-load rifle that was introduced
into the Soviet Army in 1936. See also
Weapon No 67.
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Weapon No 147
7.92 mm Rifle Anti-Tank Mascerzek
During the Polish invasion, the Germans captured large numbers of these
Polish designed anti-tank rifles. These were used extensively in the earlier
part of World War 2. It is similar in design to a Mauser Rifle firing a
normal cartridge, but is longer and heavier and a muzzle brake has been
attached. It led to the development of the German rifles known as the Pz B38
and Pz B39.
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Weapon No 151
7.92 mm Pz B Rifle Anti-Tank M39
An anti-tank rifle used by the German Army against vehicles having
light and medium armour, this is a development of
Weapon No 147. The rifle
has proved to be a simple and reliable gun. The recoil is comparatively
light, it is manually loaded and fired single shot from the shoulder with
the aid of a bipod and it is equipped with a circular turbine muzzle brake.
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Weapon No 152
13.2 mm Rifle Anti-Tank (Mauser)
This German anti-tank rifle made its debut in February 1918. The Mauser
Company started to mass produce it at Oberdorf in May 1918. The first of
these off the production lines were issued to specially raised anti-tank
detachments. The idea of using heavy calibre and high velocity rifles as
anti-tank weapons originated in Germany. In 1917 the German Army, faced
with the menace of a mobile fortress, found they had no weapon with which
to counter the threat.
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Weapon No 194
Blindicide Rocket Launcher
A Rocket Launcher of Czech manufacture. It has a bore of approx 3¼ inches.
This type of weapon was used by Aden terrorists against British Forces
and on the accommodation occupied by British families. This launcher has
two applied safety positions, one on the pistol grip for the operator,
and one at the rear for the loader. it was adopted by the Belgian Army.
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Weapon No 206
8 cm Rocketenpanzerbuchse 43 (on Anti-Tank Stand)
This German Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher was a comparatively new design,
similar in design, both in appearance and operation, to the American 'Bazooka',
although heavier and of larger calibre. Handled by a two-man team, fired
from the shoulder, it has a maximum range of 132 yards (121 metres)
and a muzzle velocity of 340 ft/sec (104 m/sec). It is equipped with a
front and rear sight and a carrying sling.
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Weapon No 443
Projector Infantry Anti-Tank
Early second world war infantry anti-tank weapon fired from the shoulder. A simple
mobile projector used against armour up to a distance of 100 yards and able to
penetrate the latest armour plating at the time. Known by servicemen as the Piat.
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Weapons No 449 and 450
Launcher Rocket 3.5 inch UK (M20)
A two-piece aluminium alloy launcher which is fired electrically and
can be fired from either standing, kneeling or prone positions. It weighs
8.6 lbs and has very little recoil being an open ended tube but there is
an arc of 25 yards danger area directly to the rear. It originated from
America and was used by British forces for 20 years from the Korean War
onwards. It was superseded by the Swedish Carl Gustav L14Al.
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Weapon No 463
Launcher Rocket 3.5 inch UK (M20)
Details as for Weapons No 449 and 450.
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