PTRD-41

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PTRD-41
Degtyaryov plant
Produced1941–1945
No. built~450,000[6]
Specifications
Mass17.3 kg (38.1 lbs)
Length2,020 mm (79.5 in)
Barrel length1,350 mm (53 in)
Crew2
Cartridge14.5×114mm (B-32, BS-41[7])
ActionBolt-action
Rate of fireManual
Muzzle velocity1,012 m/s (3,320 ft/s)
Effective firing range300 m (980 ft) (on personnel targets, dispersion of bullets at 300 m (980 ft) is 0.36 m (1 ft 2 in)[7])
Maximum firing range1,000 m (3,300 ft)[7] (mainly with scope)
Feed systemSingle-shot
SightsFront post, rear notch

The PTRD-41 (Shortened from Russian, ProtivoTankovoye Ruzhyo Degtyaryova; Противотанковое однозарядное ружьё системы Дегтярёва образца 1941 года; "Degtyaryov Single Shot Anti-Tank Weapon System Model of 1941") is an

self-propelled guns and half-tracks
.

History

Anti-tank riflemen with PTRD on the Kursk salient.

In 1939, in its invasion of Poland the USSR captured several hundred Polish

Panzerbüchse 38 when hasty construction of an anti-tank rifle was ordered in July 1941.[citation needed
]

The PTRD and the similar but

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 1,012 m/s (3,320 ft/s). The 64 g (2.3 oz) bullet had a 39 g (1.4 oz) steel core and could penetrate around 30 mm (1.2 in) of armor at 500 m (1,600 ft), and 40 mm (1.6 in) of armor at 100 m (330 ft).[10] During the initial invasion, and indeed throughout the war, most German tanks had side armor thinner than 40 mm (1.6 in) (Panzer I and Panzer II: 13–20 mm (0.51–0.79 in), Panzer III and Panzer IV series: 30 mm (1.2 in), Panzer V Panther
(combat debut mid-1943): 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in)).

Guns captured by the Germans were given the designation 14.5 mm PzB 783(r).[11] After World War II the PTRD was also used extensively by

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 1,800 m (5,900 ft).[12]

Users

Current

PTRD rifle at Great Patriotic War museum in Smolensk
Soviet soldiers with PTRD-41 defending Moscow, 1942.

Former

  •  Bulgaria: Equipped with 300 items (both PTRD & PTRS) by Soviet Union between 1944 and 1945, seen in combat operations.
  •  China: Used in Chinese Civil War, later by People's Volunteer Army during Korean War.
  •  Czechoslovakia: Used by 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR.
  •  Nazi Germany: Captured and used by Wehrmacht under the title Panzerbüchse 783(r).[11]
  •  North Korea: Equipped by the USSR, saw extensive combat in Korean War against M24 light tanks.[15]
  •  Poland: Used by 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division in 1943 then by other Polish divisions.
  •  North Vietnam: In stockpile, used by Viet Cong in Vietnam War.[1]
  •  Soviet Union: Largely used in Eastern Front by the Red Army.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "WWII German weapons during the Vietnam War". wordpress.com. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2017./
  2. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  3. ^ "PTRD in Ukraine". 5 October 2014.
  4. ^ "PTRS-41 and PTRD-41 rifles in action at the conflict in Ukraine". 13 October 2014.
  5. ^ Sneider, Noah (24 July 2014). "Huddling with Ukrainian Rebels in a Bunker on the Front Lines". The New Republic.
  6. ISBN 9780275948931
    .
  7. ^ a b c Manual on Small Arms (NSD-42) Military Publishing House Moscow 1942
  8. ^ "Karabin przeciwpancerny wz. 35". 10 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Karabin przeciwpancerny wz. 35 "Ur"". YouTube.
  10. ^ "Page 6: Tank Rifles", Panzerfaust: WW II German Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons, 1998, archived from the original on 27 October 2009
  11. ^
    OCLC 1299755
    .
  12. ^ "Hard Target Interdiction" (PDF). www.remingtonmilitary.com/. Remington Arms. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  13. ISBN 9780992462437
    .
  14. ^ a b "The Sniper Weapon Systems of Russian Forces in Syria". The Hoplite. Armament Research Services (ARES). 6 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Warfare History Network » WWII Weapons: The PTRS and PTRD Russian Anti-Tank Rifles". warfarehistorynetwork.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017.

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