Panzerfaust

The Panzerfaust series were a line of recoilless anti-tank weapons produced by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. While often mistaken for rocket launchers, they were actually recoilless guns, using a powder charge in a preloaded tube to fire an unpowered shaped-charge warhead in a similar manner to a rifle grenade.

The correct, almost never seen arming procedure for a Panzerfaust is to pull the safety pin, lift the rear leaf sight and then push the T-bar safety forward to allow the firing lever to be operated. In addition, a Panzerfaust in storage would usually have the fuze and booster charge removed, necessitating the warhead be removed from the launcher and the fuze and booster inserted into a hollow tube at the base.

Panzerfaust 30 Klein (Faustpatrone)

Panzerfaust Klein or Faustpatrone - 33mm with 95mm warhead

Specifications

• Weight: 3200 g (7.05 lb)
• Weight of Warhead: 1300 g (2.87 lb)
• Length: 985 mm (38.8 in)
• Tube length: 800 mm (31.5 in)
• Diameter of Grenade: 95mm (3.7 in)
• Action: Single shot, disposable
• Muzzle velocity: 25-27 m/s (82-88.6 ft/s)
• Effective range: 30 m (98.4 ft)
• Armor Penetration: 140-160 mm (5.5-6.3 in)
• Sights: foldable sight, markings for 30m (98.4 ft)
• Date of Introduction: August 1943

The Panzerfaust 30 Klein recoilless gun can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Brother 2 (Brat 2)			In illegal gunshop	2000
Saints and Soldiers: The Void				2014

Panzerfaust 30 (Faustpatrone II)

Panzerfaust 30 - 44mm with 140mm warhead

Specifications

• Weight: 5220 g (11.5 lb)
• Weight of Warhead: 2900 g (6.4 lb)
• Length: 1045 mm (41.1 in)
• Tube length: 809 mm (31.9 in)
• Diameter of Grenade: 140mm (5.5 in)
• Action: Single shot, disposable
• Muzzle velocity: 30 m/s (98.4 ft/s)
• Effective range: 30 m (98.4 ft)
• Armor Penetration: 200 mm (7.9 in)
• Sights: foldable sight, markings for 40m, 30m, 20m (from top to bottom)
• Date of Introduction: August 1943

The Panzerfaust 30 recoilless gun can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga)		SS officer and Hitler Youth		1981
Tali-Ihantala 1944		Finnish Troops	Panzerfaust 30	2007

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Return to Castle Wolfenstein			Wrong sights	2001
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory			Wrong sights	2003

Panzerfaust 60/100

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Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead

Specifications Panzerfaust 60

• Weight: 6800 g (15 lb)
• Weight of Warhead: 2900 g (6.4 lb)
• Length: 1045 mm (41.1 in)
• Tube length: 809 mm (31.9 in)
• Diameter of Grenade: 140mm (5.5 in)
• Action: Single shot, disposable
• Muzzle velocity: 45-48 m/s (147.6-157.5 ft/s)
• Effective range: 60 m
• Armor Penetration: 200 mm
• Sights: foldable sight, markings for 80m, 60m, 30m (from top to bottom)
• Date of Introduction: September 1944

Specifications Panzerfaust 100

• Weight: ??
• Weight of Warhead: 2900 g (6.5 lb)
• Length: 1045 mm (41.1 in)
• Tube length: 809 mm (31.9 in)
• Diameter of Grenade: 140mm (5.5 in)
• Action: Single shot, disposable
• Muzzle velocity: 60 m/s (196.9 ft/s)
• Effective range: 100 m
• Armor Penetration: 200 mm
• Sights: foldable sight, markings for 150m, 100m, 50m (from top to bottom)
• Date of Introduction: November 1944

The Panzerfaust 60 or 100 recoilless gun can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Silent Barricade	Antonín Sura	Josef Hošek Jr.		1949
The Silent Barricade		Czech insurgents		1949
Little Partisan (Malý partyzán)		Czech partisan		1950
At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích)	Rudolf Deyl	Pvt. Vondrácek		1958
Slingboy				1960
Death Is Called Engelchen (Smrt sa volá Engelchen)	Leopold Haverl	Nikolaj		1960
Death Is Called Engelchen	Vlado Müller	Nikolaj		1963
Death Is Called Engelchen	Jan Kacer	Pavel		1963
Death Is Called Engelchen	Otto Lackovic	Ondrej		1963
The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt)	Klaus-Peter Thiele	Werner Holt		1965
The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt)	Manfred Karge	Gilbert Wolzow		1965
The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt)		German soldiers and Volkssturm		1965
Spring on The Oder (Vesna na Odere)		German soldiers	Fake	1967
The Marathon (Maratón)		Czech insurgents		1968
At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne)		Waffen-SS soldier	Fake	1968
The Bridge at Remagen		German soldiers		1969
On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin)		German soldiers and officers		1969
How I Unleashed World War II		German soldiers		1970
Liberation: The Last Assault		German soldiers and Russian soldiers		1971
Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu)		German soldier		1974
Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu)	Jirí Kodet	1st Lt. Sauer		1974
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny)		German soldiers		1975
The Liberation of Prague	Jirí Krampol	Karel Horák		1978
The Liberation of Prague		Czech insurgents		1978
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself		The Boys		1989
The Pianist		Polish resistance		2002
Downfall (Der Untergang)		Hitler Youth		2004
Frostbite		German soldier		2006
Joy Division	Tom Schilling	Thomas		2006
Hitler's Kaput! (Gitler kaput!)		Gestapo men		2008
The Bridge	Lars Steinhöfel	Walter Forst		2008
Brother's War		German soldiers		2009
Memorial Day	Jasper Morgan	Hitler Youth soldier		2009
In the Shadow			It can be seen in the lab of the police ballistics.	2012
Fury (2014)		German soldiers		2014

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Combat!		German soldiers		1962-1967
Stawka wieksza niz zycie		Hitlerjugend	18/ "Poszukiwany gruppenführer Wolf"	1966-1968
Czterej pancerni i pies	Franciszek Pieczek	Cpl. Gustaw Jelen		1966-1970
Czterej pancerni i pies		German soldiers		1966-1970
Seventeen Moments of Spring		German soldiers		1973
Archiv des Todes	Jürgen Zartmann	Georg	9/ "Wettlauf mit der Zeit"	1980
Band of Brothers		German soldier	"Replacements"	2001
Our Mothers, Our Fathers		Soviet soldiers		2013

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Medal of Honor: Underground				2000
Call of Duty		Wrong sights	Panzerfaust 60	2003
Hidden & Dangerous 2				2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive		Wrong sights	Panzerfaust 60	2004
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood			Panzerfaust 60	2005
Commandos: Strike Force				2006
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45			Panzerfaust 60	2006
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45				2006
Company of Heroes				2006
Operation Thunderstorm				2008
The Saboteur				2009
Karma Online				2011
Sniper Elite V2				2012
Company of Heroes 2				2013
Enemy Front	PANZERFAUST		Panzerfaust 60	2014
Heroes & Generals	Panzerfaust 60			2016
Call of Duty: WWII			Panzerfaust 60; unusable	2017

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade	Guerilla fighter		1998
Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front	Aquironia soldiers		1994
Najica Blitz Tactics	Najica	"Mission: 007 - The Murderous Bullet Shot with a Wry Smile"	2001
Black Lagoon		Seen in Neo-Nazi armory	2006
Hellsing	Nazi vampires		2006 - ????

See Also

• Panzerfaust 3