PTRD-41
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History
In 1939, during the Soviet invasion of Poland, the USSR captured several hundred Polish kb ppanc wz. 35 anti-tank rifles, which had proved effective against German tanks during the September Campaign. A Russian engineer Vasily Degtyaryov copied its lock[1][2] and several featuresScript error: No such module "Unsubst". of the German Panzerbüchse 38 when hasty construction of an anti-tank rifle was ordered in July 1941.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The PTRD and the similar but semi-automatic PTRS-41 were the only individual anti-tank weapons available to the Red Army in numbers upon the outbreak of the war with Germany. The 14.5 mm armor-piercing bullet had a muzzle velocity of Script error: No such module "convert".. The Script error: No such module "convert". bullet had a Script error: No such module "convert". steel core and could penetrate around Script error: No such module "convert". of armor at Script error: No such module "convert"., and Script error: No such module "convert". of armor at Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] During the initial invasion, and indeed throughout the war, most German tanks had side armor thinner than Script error: No such module "convert". (Panzer I and Panzer II: Script error: No such module "convert"., Panzer III and Panzer IV series: Script error: No such module "convert"., Panzer V Panther (combat debut mid-1943): Script error: No such module "convert".).
Guns captured by the Germans were given the designation 14.5 mm PzB 783(r).[4] After World War II the PTRD was also used extensively by North Korean and Chinese armed forces in the Korean War. During this war, William Brophy, a US Army Ordnance officer, mounted a .50 BMG (12.7 mm) barrel to a captured PTRD to examine the effectiveness of long-range shooting. Furthermore, the US also captured a number of PTRDs in the Vietnam War. The weapon proved effective out to Script error: No such module "convert"..[5]
Users
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Current
- Script error: No such module "flag".: Limited use in the Syrian civil war[6]
- Template:Country data Donetsk People's Republic: Used by militiamen in 2014.[7]
- Script error: No such module "flag".: Limited use in the war in Donbas[6]
Former
- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria: Equipped with 300 items (both PTRD & PTRS) by Soviet Union between 1944 and 1945, seen in combat operations.
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China: Used by Communist rebels in the Chinese Civil War, later by the People's Volunteer Army during the Korean War.
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia: Used by 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR.
- Template:Flagcountry: Captured and used by Wehrmacht under the title Panzerbüchse 783(r).[4]
- File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea: Equipped by the USSR, saw extensive combat in Korean War against M24 light tanks.[8]
- Template:Flagcountry: Used by 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division in 1943 then by other Polish divisions.
- File:Flag of North Vietnam (1955–1975).svg North Vietnam: In stockpile, used by Viet Cong in Vietnam War.[9]
- File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union: Largely used in Eastern Front by the Red Army.[8]
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See also
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External links
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