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7/15/2025, 5:02:59 AM
>>63985762
>The Pzf 150 was the same of better than a Super Bazooka
The panzerfaust 150 actually had the same penetration as the panzerfaust 30-60-100, it used a more efficent design to achieve it. The super bazooka did 280mm (11 inches) against armor.
But on a different note do you know how much explosive filling a panzerfaust warhead had?
According to the book "Duel, bazooka vs panzer battle of bulge 1944" and this forum that links to the super bazooka manual, specifically the third one
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/unguided-rocket-public-release-operator-and-maintenance-manual.58430/
>>The normal bazooka had 0.5 pounds of pentalite (0.22 kilo) equal to 0.83 pounds tnt (0.37 kilo)
>The super bazooka had 1.93 pounds of composition B (0.87 kilo) equal to 2.56 pounds of tnt (1.16 kilo)
https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/OTHER_AT_WEAPONS1.htm
>Year 1936 Captain Kaarlo Tuurna, who served in Engineer Battalion (Pioneeripataljoona) started testing explosive charges against armour. He came to conclusion that 500 grams of TNT (trinitrotoluene, the de facto standard military explosive of that time) was enough to break 12-mm thick armour plate if pressed against it. The conclusion was that satchel charge with explosive charge corresponding 800 grams of TNT was the smallest practical useful explosive charge size for antitank-grenade to be used against armoured vehicles. This was closely equal to bundle of six old German M/1917 stick hand grenades:
>6 x stick hand grenade M/17 á 125 grams of TNT = 750 grams of TNT
The super bazooka has more then twice the power to break a 12mm steel plate with explosive force alone making it suprisingly decent at demolition work. I know the panzerfaust was used to attack bunkers and other hard targets but I dont know how much explosive filling it had.
>The Pzf 150 was the same of better than a Super Bazooka
The panzerfaust 150 actually had the same penetration as the panzerfaust 30-60-100, it used a more efficent design to achieve it. The super bazooka did 280mm (11 inches) against armor.
But on a different note do you know how much explosive filling a panzerfaust warhead had?
According to the book "Duel, bazooka vs panzer battle of bulge 1944" and this forum that links to the super bazooka manual, specifically the third one
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/unguided-rocket-public-release-operator-and-maintenance-manual.58430/
>>The normal bazooka had 0.5 pounds of pentalite (0.22 kilo) equal to 0.83 pounds tnt (0.37 kilo)
>The super bazooka had 1.93 pounds of composition B (0.87 kilo) equal to 2.56 pounds of tnt (1.16 kilo)
https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/OTHER_AT_WEAPONS1.htm
>Year 1936 Captain Kaarlo Tuurna, who served in Engineer Battalion (Pioneeripataljoona) started testing explosive charges against armour. He came to conclusion that 500 grams of TNT (trinitrotoluene, the de facto standard military explosive of that time) was enough to break 12-mm thick armour plate if pressed against it. The conclusion was that satchel charge with explosive charge corresponding 800 grams of TNT was the smallest practical useful explosive charge size for antitank-grenade to be used against armoured vehicles. This was closely equal to bundle of six old German M/1917 stick hand grenades:
>6 x stick hand grenade M/17 á 125 grams of TNT = 750 grams of TNT
The super bazooka has more then twice the power to break a 12mm steel plate with explosive force alone making it suprisingly decent at demolition work. I know the panzerfaust was used to attack bunkers and other hard targets but I dont know how much explosive filling it had.
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