8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43
Approximately 3,000 units were completed from 1943 to 1945. It was made in much smaller numbers than either the Panzerschreck, which was based on the American Bazooka rocket launcher, or the Panzerfaust, which was a disposable anti tank recoilless rifle. This is partly because it was realized that a simple hollow tube with an ignition device was all that was needed to launch the 88 mm rocket, rather than an elaborate miniature artillery piece with carriage and breech. Due to the carriage and better sights, the accuracy was better, and the range more than double that of the Panzerschreck. However, Raketenwerfer 43 was more expensive, heavier and had longer production time than Panzerschreck or Panzerfaust.[2]
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- ↑ Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck by Rottman, Gordon L. Shumate, Johnny page 29.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6 Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck. Osprey Publishing (20 August 2014), 29–30. ISBN 978-1-78200-790-6. Geraadpleegd op 9 september 2015.
- ↑ "Puppchen" (auch "Püppchen" ? ) = 8,8cm Raketenwerfer 43, in Frankreich. Forum der Wehrmacht (19 October 2013). Geraadpleegd op 19 april 2015.
- ↑ 8.8 cm R. Pz. B. Gr. 4312: Antitank Rocket Grenade. Catalog of Enemy Ordnance. U.S. Office of Chief of Ordnance (1945). Gearchiveerd op 4 March 2016. Geraadpleegd op 6 August 2015.
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