Adhesive charge
The adhesive hollow charge was a German close combat tank weapon during World War II . It is a shaped charge explosive device with three permanent magnets for attachment to an armored vehicle. The three magnets achieved an adhesive capacity of 45 kg. After fastening, the detonator was triggered, which detonated the explosive device after a few seconds. Over 500,000 pieces were produced in two versions. Later the adhesive hollow charge was replaced by the Faustpatrone , Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck .
history
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When the German infantry first encountered the heavily armored KW-1 and T-34 main battle tanks in the Soviet Union , they had very limited options for fighting them. The Army Weapons Office worked flat out on various means. In addition to the anti-tank drop mine and the armored hand-held mine, the adhesive hollow charge was developed and first used on the Volkhov Front in 1942 .
Technical specifications
Diameter 150 mm, height 272 mm, penetration capacity about 140 mm RHA
- HHL 3
- Hollow adhesive charge 1.5 kg (bulbous shape)
- Total weight 3 kg
- HHL 3.5
- Adhesive hollow charge 1.7 kg (funnel shape)
- Total weight 3.5 kg
literature
- Uwe Feist, Robert Johnson, Kurt Rieger: The Wehrmacht. Volume 2. Battle Born Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-615-22233-2 , pp. 154-159.
- Fritz Hahn: Infantry weapons, pioneer weapons, artillery weapons, powder, explosives and warfare agents. Volume 1 of weapons and secret weapons of the German army 1933–1945. Bernard & Graefe publishing house, 1986, ISBN 978-3-7637-5830-2 .
- Leaflet 44/7: Use and operation of adhesive hollow charges 3 kg. 1943.
- Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics. Osprey Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84176-842-7 , p. 47. (67 pages online PDF)
