Anti-tank rifle M.SS41
| Anti-tank rifle M.SS41 | |
|---|---|
| general information | |
| Military designation: | Pz.B M.SS41 |
| Country of operation: | Germany |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Václav and Emmanuel Holek / Waffenwerke Brno |
| Manufacturer country: | Germany |
| Production time: | 1941 to 1943 |
| Weapon Category: | Anti-tank rifle |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1360 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 13 kg |
| Barrel length : | 1100 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 7.92 x 94 mm |
| Ammunition supply : | Box magazine |
| Fire types: | Single fire |
| Number of trains : | 4th |
| Twist : | right |
| Visor : | open sights |
| Closure : | Cylinder lock |
| Charging principle: | Multiple loaders |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Panzerbüchse M.SS41 was a German anti-tank rifle of World War II and the first standard buttstock loaders -Büchse the world.
development
In the interwar period, various anti-tank rifles were worked on in Czechoslovakia , such as: B. the ZK-382 in caliber 7.92 × 145 mm . In order to keep the total length of the weapon and its weight within limits, a rear-end loader, which was rather unusual at the time, was designed.
After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, work on these designs in calibers 8, 13 and 15 mm was carried out on behalf of the Waffen-SS , as the SS wanted to develop and procure their own weapons, but no access through the official procurement system of the Wehrmacht would have. The order of 2,000 weapons at the end of 1939 was made without the knowledge of the Army Weapons Office and had to be approved retrospectively.
technology
The Pz.BMSS41 is a bullpup rifle with a fixed cylinder lock and movable barrel. This means that in contrast to the normal cylinder (chamber) lock, the lock is firmly connected to the piston and the barrel is moved instead. Compared to a normal bullpup rifle with a movable bolt, this saves even more installation length. The lock is extremely strong and has 6 locking lugs in 2 rows. To reduce the recoil, there is a rectangular muzzle brake on the barrel muzzle . The magazine is a single-row box magazine with 5 (according to other information 6 or 10) cartridge capacity, which sits diagonally at the bottom left behind the pistol grip. A non-adjustable open visor with a folding front sight and a folding rear sight serves as a sighting device. Both are offset to the left from the longitudinal axis of the weapon. Due to the great speed of the 318 cartridge, it is sufficient to set the sight to 500 m.
For transport, the anti-tank rifle can be dismantled into two assemblies, the barrel with the cartridge chamber and pistol grip and the metal stock with butt plate, bolt, bipod and magazine.
To reload, the shooter unlocks the combined safety / unlocking lever on the pistol grip with the thumb of the right hand and turns the barrel 60 ° counterclockwise with the grip. Then the barrel is pushed forward and any case in the barrel is pulled out and ejected to the right. When the barrel is pulled back again by the handle, it slides over the next cartridge protruding from the magazine, removes it from the magazine and presses the cartridge base against the bottom of the breechblock. The trigger is cocked at the same time. The barrel runs on two rollers that are part of the bipod mount. When the barrel has reached the end position, the breech is locked again by turning the barrel clockwise and the weapon is ready to fire.
literature
- Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun: Infantry weapons yesterday . (1918-1945). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 , weapons, p. 221 .
- Michael Heidler: Anti-tank rifle M.SS41 . In: German weapons journal . No. 4 , 2017, p. 70-73 .
Web links
- Buttstock loader models of the early 20th century. In: all4shooters.com. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
- The SS Anti-Tank Rifle M.SS.41. In: sadefensejournal.com. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
- Maxim Popenker: PzB M.SS.41. In: Modern Firearms. modernfirearms.net, accessed February 28, 2018 .
- The Model SS41 - A Czech Bullpup Anti-Tank Rifle for the SS - Forgotten Weapons. In: forgottenweapons.com. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Hermann Historica: SS-Panzerbüchse M.SS 41 (M.Pz.41 (t)), ( Memento from February 28, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Stock loader models of the early 20th century. In: all4shooters.com. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .