tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post3273189743857870732..comments2024-03-20T11:41:56.776-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: Anti-Panzerfaust TacticsPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-20813624036388835272019-08-11T16:47:35.364-04:002019-08-11T16:47:35.364-04:00The 73mm was a clever system as long as one didn&#...The 73mm was a clever system as long as one didn't need to fire over the heads of any infantry. To be fair that is more the fault of the BMPs they were mounted upon. <br />Sager ,William A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830369127449299646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-56842531938448686772019-08-09T01:58:37.769-04:002019-08-09T01:58:37.769-04:00Yeah, the 73mm is basically the SPG-9 RR but with ...Yeah, the 73mm is basically the SPG-9 RR but with a closed breech. Low-pressure with assist. Tokyo Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319803375878393783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-47797834108915066652019-08-08T22:42:56.243-04:002019-08-08T22:42:56.243-04:00...nowait, the 73 mm low-pressure rocket-assist jo......nowait, the 73 mm low-pressure rocket-assist job is what they decided on *instead* of the high-low design isn't it...?Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-22351394890423704902019-08-08T22:35:28.587-04:002019-08-08T22:35:28.587-04:00To be fair towards the end they were increasingly ...To be fair towards the end they were increasingly running on pure desperation and duly willing to give even the dumbest ideas the old college try. Nothing much to lose there after all.<br /><br />The PAW series was basically the startpoint of the "high-low system" nowadays mainly used in grenade launchers and the old Soviet-era 73 mm gun and derivatives. Pretty clever way to produce a light short-to-medium range AT gun of decent caliber if nothing else, those, while dodging the backblast issues of full recoilless designs.Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-33693174219871756972019-08-08T21:56:53.351-04:002019-08-08T21:56:53.351-04:00Good idea to hand them out like candy, yes. I just...Good idea to hand them out like candy, yes. I just question some of the vehicular attempts at mounting them. <br /><br />And then there is the PAW family of HEAT/HE-only "artillery" that kind of reminds me of the later postwar low-pressure guns. Tokyo Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319803375878393783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-40005870536333200672019-08-08T09:11:07.779-04:002019-08-08T09:11:07.779-04:00Not that handing a tank-busting LAW to every Joe w...Not that handing a tank-busting LAW to every Joe was a bad idea even if you have the resources for a competitive AFV fleet mind you. The things cost peanuts.Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-60737402499958296182019-08-08T09:08:45.261-04:002019-08-08T09:08:45.261-04:00Well the closest anyone had to a grenade launcher ...Well the closest anyone had to a grenade launcher in the modern sense at the time was those German experiments with explosive shells for *flare pistols* so, yeah. But I know AGLs have been seriously considered as "proactive" anti-missile defense for the lighter end of modern AFVs (this was floated as a potential upgrade for Finnish BMP-2s some years back for ex) - on the logic that keeping a guided missile on target becomes a bit challenging when a pile of grenades is exploding around the operator. People tend to find that kind of thing a bit... distracting.Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-52261766722870080572019-08-07T19:47:35.764-04:002019-08-07T19:47:35.764-04:00Some of the late war effort to strap rockets to an...Some of the late war effort to strap rockets to anything that moved with duct tape were comical. <br /><br />The Panzerjager Wanze with 6 PanzerSchreck on a Borgward IV comes to mind. Tokyo Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319803375878393783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-76011496572205121692019-08-07T18:15:38.386-04:002019-08-07T18:15:38.386-04:00I suspect as the war was withdrawing into Germany ...I suspect as the war was withdrawing into Germany that they lacked both steel and fuel to build tanks and SPG's leaving basically hand held weapons. Sager ,William A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830369127449299646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-36394954113288798752019-08-07T18:03:56.755-04:002019-08-07T18:03:56.755-04:00Maybe, but the one that Taubin produced was kind o...Maybe, but the one that Taubin produced was kind of garbage, and never became a functional weapon.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-26852437832189831932019-08-07T17:35:55.497-04:002019-08-07T17:35:55.497-04:00Reading up on these tactics, i have the impression...Reading up on these tactics, i have the impression that an automatic grenade launcher might have been a good addition to tank armament....Inhapihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389333832375000604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-72657804695944199332019-08-07T17:32:01.940-04:002019-08-07T17:32:01.940-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Inhapihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389333832375000604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-74033723723417303072019-08-06T10:38:45.219-04:002019-08-06T10:38:45.219-04:00Universal Carriers and American halftracks.Universal Carriers and American halftracks.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-75785074742994290642019-08-06T04:18:45.605-04:002019-08-06T04:18:45.605-04:00Western Allied experience of Panzerfaust ambush te...Western Allied experience of Panzerfaust ambush teams was rather similar, from what I recall reading of eg. the armoured push during Market Garden. Which makes sense as it was a pretty effective method for inflicting delays and casualties at fairly minimal, if nigh-inevitable, cost.Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-2426722505545730852019-08-05T21:40:07.485-04:002019-08-05T21:40:07.485-04:00This report mentions APCs four times. What types o...This report mentions APCs four times. What types of APCs was the Soviet army using in 1945? Amateurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00974625686191372214noreply@blogger.com