2.8 cm sPzB 41
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2.8 cm schwere Panzerbüchse 41 (sPzB 41) or "Panzerbüchse 41" was a German anti-tank weapon working on the squeeze bore principle. Officially classified as a heavy anti-tank rifle (German: schwere Panzerbüchse), it would be better described, and is widely referred to, as a light anti-tank gun.[2]
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2.8 cm schwere Panzerbüchse 41 | |
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Type | Anti-tank gun |
Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1941–1945 |
Used by | Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designed | 1939–1940 |
Manufacturer | Mauser-Werke AG |
Unit cost | 4,500 RM |
Produced | 1940–1943 |
No. built | 2,797 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 229 kg (505 lbs) |
Length | 2.69 m (8 ft 10 in) |
Barrel length | overall:1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) (with muzzle brake) |
Width | 96.5 cm (3 ft 2 in) |
Height | 83.8 cm (2 ft 9 in) |
Crew | 3 |
Shell | Fixed QF 28×187mm R |
Caliber | 28/20 mm (1.10/.78 in) |
Breech | horizontal-block |
Recoil | Hydro-spring |
Carriage | Split trail |
Elevation | -5° to 30° |
Traverse | 70° |
Rate of fire | up to 30 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 4,500 feet per second (1,400 m/s)[1] |
Effective firing range | 500 m (547 yds) |
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