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Panzerfaust

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The Panzerfaust series were a line of recoilless anti-tank weapons produced by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. While often mistaken for rocket launchers, they were actually recoilless guns, using a powder charge in a preloaded tube to fire an unpowered shaped-charge warhead in a similar manner to a rifle grenade.

The correct, almost never seen arming procedure for a Panzerfaust is to pull the safety pin, lift the rear leaf sight and then push the T-bar safety forward to allow the firing lever to be operated. In addition, a Panzerfaust in storage would usually have the fuze and booster charge removed, necessitating the warhead be removed from the launcher and the fuze and booster inserted into a hollow tube at the base.


Panzerfaust 30 Klein (Faustpatrone)

Panzerfaust Klein or Faustpatrone - 33mm with 95mm warhead

Specifications

  • Weight: 3200 g (7.05 lb)
  • Weight of Warhead: 1300 g (2.87 lb)
  • Length: 985 mm (38.8 in)
  • Tube length: 800 mm (31.5 in)
  • Diameter of Grenade: 95mm (3.7 in)
  • Action: Single shot, disposable
  • Muzzle velocity: 25-27 m/s (82-88.6 ft/s)
  • Effective range: 30 m (98.4 ft)
  • Armor Penetration: 140-160 mm (5.5-6.3 in)
  • Sights: foldable sight, markings for 30m (98.4 ft)
  • Date of Introduction: August 1943

The Panzerfaust 30 Klein recoilless gun can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Brother 2 (Brat 2) In illegal gunshop 2000
Saints and Soldiers: The Void 2014

Panzerfaust 30 (Faustpatrone II)

Panzerfaust 30 - 44mm with 140mm warhead

Specifications

  • Weight: 5220 g (11.5 lb)
  • Weight of Warhead: 2900 g (6.4 lb)
  • Length: 1045 mm (41.1 in)
  • Tube length: 809 mm (31.9 in)
  • Diameter of Grenade: 140mm (5.5 in)
  • Action: Single shot, disposable
  • Muzzle velocity: 30 m/s (98.4 ft/s)
  • Effective range: 30 m (98.4 ft)
  • Armor Penetration: 200 mm (7.9 in)
  • Sights: foldable sight, markings for 40m, 30m, 20m (from top to bottom)
  • Date of Introduction: August 1943

The Panzerfaust 30 recoilless gun can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
A Time to Love and a Time to Die German soldiers 1958
Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga) SS officer and Hitler Youth 1981
The Inheritors (Die Erben) Seen in neo-Nazi training camp 1983
Tali-Ihantala 1944 Finnish Troops Panzerfaust 30 2007
The Captain Volkssturm 2017

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Confrontation (Protivostoyanie) German and Soviet soldiers 1985

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Return to Castle Wolfenstein Wrong sights 2001
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Wrong sights 2003

Panzerfaust 60/100

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Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead

Specifications Panzerfaust 60

  • Weight: 6800 g (15 lb)
  • Weight of Warhead: 2900 g (6.4 lb)
  • Length: 1045 mm (41.1 in)
  • Tube length: 809 mm (31.9 in)
  • Diameter of Grenade: 140mm (5.5 in)
  • Action: Single shot, disposable
  • Muzzle velocity: 45-48 m/s (147.6-157.5 ft/s)
  • Effective range: 60 m
  • Armor Penetration: 200 mm
  • Sights: foldable sight, markings for 80m, 60m, 30m (from top to bottom)
  • Date of Introduction: September 1944

Specifications Panzerfaust 100

  • Weight: ??
  • Weight of Warhead: 2900 g (6.5 lb)
  • Length: 1045 mm (41.1 in)
  • Tube length: 809 mm (31.9 in)
  • Diameter of Grenade: 140mm (5.5 in)
  • Action: Single shot, disposable
  • Muzzle velocity: 60 m/s (196.9 ft/s)
  • Effective range: 100 m
  • Armor Penetration: 200 mm
  • Sights: foldable sight, markings for 150m, 100m, 50m (from top to bottom)
  • Date of Introduction: November 1944

The Panzerfaust 60 or 100 recoilless gun can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Silent Barricade Antonín Sura Josef Hošek Jr. 1949
The Silent Barricade Czech insurgents 1949
Little Partisan (Malý partyzán) Czech partisan 1950
At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích) Rudolf Deyl Pvt. Vondrácek 1958
Slingboy 1960
Naked Among Wolves SS soldiers 1963
Death Is Called Engelchen (Smrt sa volá Engelchen) Leopold Haverl Nikolaj 1960
Death Is Called Engelchen Vlado Müller Nikolaj 1963
Death Is Called Engelchen Jan Kacer Pavel 1963
Death Is Called Engelchen Otto Lackovic Ondrej 1963
The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt) Klaus-Peter Thiele Werner Holt 1965
The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt) Manfred Karge Gilbert Wolzow 1965
The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt) German soldiers and Volkssturm 1965
Spring on The Oder (Vesna na Odere) German soldiers Fake 1967
The Marathon (Maratón) Czech insurgents 1968
At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne) Waffen-SS soldier Fake 1968
The Bridge at Remagen German soldiers 1969
On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin) German soldiers and officers 1969
How I Unleashed World War II German soldiers 1970
Liberation: The Last Assault German soldiers and Russian soldiers 1971
Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) German soldier 1974
Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) Jirí Kodet 1st Lt. Sauer 1974
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) German soldiers 1975
The Liberation of Prague Jirí Krampol Karel Horák 1978
The Liberation of Prague Czech insurgents 1978
The Russians Are Coming Gert Krause-Melzer Günter Walcher Movie was filmed in 1968 1987
Hitler Youth
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself The Boys 1989
The Pianist Polish resistance 2002
Downfall (Der Untergang) Hitler Youth 2004
Frostbite German soldier 2006
Joy Division Tom Schilling Thomas 2006
Hitler's Kaput! (Gitler kaput!) Gestapo men 2008
The Bridge Lars Steinhöfel Walter Forst 2008
Brother's War German soldiers 2009
Memorial Day Jasper Morgan Hitler Youth soldier 2009
In the Shadow It can be seen in the lab of the police ballistics. 2012
Fury (2014) German soldiers 2014
Jojo Rabbit German soldiers 2019

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Combat! German soldiers 1962-1967
Stawka wieksza niz zycie Hitlerjugend 18/ "Poszukiwany gruppenführer Wolf" 1966-1968
Czterej pancerni i pies Franciszek Pieczek Cpl. Gustaw Jelen 1966-1970
Czterej pancerni i pies German soldiers 1966-1970
Seventeen Moments of Spring German soldiers 1973
Archiv des Todes Jürgen Zartmann Georg 9/ "Wettlauf mit der Zeit" 1980
Band of Brothers German soldier "Replacements" 2001
Our Mothers, Our Fathers Soviet soldiers 2013

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Hidden & Dangerous 1999
Medal of Honor: Underground 2000
BloodRayne 2002
Call of Duty Wrong sights Panzerfaust 60 2003
Hidden & Dangerous 2 2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive Wrong sights Panzerfaust 60 2004
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood Panzerfaust 60 2005
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One "Panzerfaust" 2005
FinnWars 2006
Commandos: Strike Force 2006
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 Panzerfaust 60 2006
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 2006
Company of Heroes 2006
Operation Thunderstorm 2008
The Saboteur 2009
Karma Online 2011
Sniper Elite V2 2012
Company of Heroes 2 2013
Enemy Front PANZERFAUST Panzerfaust 60 2014
Heroes & Generals Panzerfaust 60 2016
Call of Duty: WWII Panzerfaust 60; unusable 2017
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds "Panzerfaust" Panzerfaust 100, added April 2020 2017
Post Scriptum Panzerfaust 60 2018
Battlefield V 2018
Enlisted Panzerfaust 60 2021
Panzerfaust 100
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront 2021
Sniper Elite 5 2022

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Guerilla fighter 1998
Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front Aquironia soldiers 1994
Najica Blitz Tactics Najica "Mission: 007 - The Murderous Bullet Shot with a Wry Smile" 2001
Black Lagoon Seen in Neo-Nazi armory 2006
Hellsing Nazi vampires 2006 - ????
Strike Witches: The Movie Gertrud Barkhorn Panzerfaust 60 2012

Panzerfaust 250

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Panzerfaust 250 concept drawing

Specifications Panzerfaust 250

Was to feature a reloadable tube and a pistol grip, but was not produced before the war's end. Its design would inspire the RPG-2.

The Panzerfaust 250 recoilless gun can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Ursula Hartmann 2020

See Also