Panzerbüchse 39 German Anti-Tank Rifle

Most countries still had anti-tank rifles in their military inventory at the beginning of WWII - the Solothurn S18-100, the Lahti L39, the Boys AT Rifle, the PTRD and PTRS, and so on. For Germany, this role was fulfilled by the Panzerbüchse 39, a single-shot falling block rifle firing a high velocity 8mm AP cartridge. It was nominally effective in the opening campaigns of the war, but was quickly rendered obsolete as Allied armor improved. German planners has a huge number (25,000) of these on hand for the invasion of Russia, where they expected Russian armor to be vulnerable to them - which was not the case. Most were subsequently converted into Granatbüchse 39 AT grenade launchers, which were then used until the end of the war.
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[@marks_sparks1]

The narrator is consistently knowledgeable and relaxed about his subject on every video on Forgotten Weapons. I'm interested in the history of weapons development and this series is simply excellent.

[@douglasfeldman4079]

he has the best job ever!

[@samnoneofyourbisnus2543]

you should get his book

[@jpegwithallthecrust2649]

Gun Jesus deserves his title.

[@ther6sshieldmain937]

The god of knowledge maybe? Also, I am jealous of this mans job, at least mostly. Maybe more than 55% of the content he does unfortunately does not involve 'TATAT'.

[@Elvy1337]

You should tell DICE/EA that this is a high velocity rifle,because the shots drops more than my airgun shooting pellets.

[@SortenRavn]

So, more Than my standards when it comes to dating ?

[@Tokito935]

Use another rifle lol

[@TragicTester034]

@@Tokito935 un retire the TankGewehr lol

[@thesituation5315]

Seriously. It's zeroed for 60 meters and drops like 50 feet past that

[@Spudtron98]

That's just how AT rifles are balanced in BFV. They can one-shot on the torso and plink tanks, so they're nerfed by making them harder to hit a moving target with.

[@oberpeet]

It is actually a MG-34 bipod. MG-42 bipod has a different fasteners for legs and for bipod itself.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

***** Yes, you're correct.

[@VitariusLaszlo]

damn you know your stuff

[@ubiozmiec]

I also thoughts so simply because the MG-34 and the PZB-39 were older designs to start with :/

[@codyjackalope8464]

NEEEEERD

[@ThatGuy21872]

@@codyjackalope8464 if you're here, you are. Hail Gun Jesus.

[@IncapableLP]

As a german, it is always funny to hear non germans say Panzerbüchse :D

[@apleknight411]

Andrew Salas-Hernandez so germans = nazi? Flawless logic there, can’t argue at all.

[@KamenRaiden]

Im sure you hear non Germans say Panzerbüchse all the time champ.

[@LordVader1094]

@Andrew Salas-Hernandez Low-quality bait.

[@crow9149]

@Andrew Salas-Hernandez I'm looking at the dash in your last name.

[@Sz-pl3xo]

DEEERUUTSCHLAND

[@JoMcD21]

Don't mind me. Just passing through along with all the other Battlefield Veterans.

[@its_wyatt3505]

Yup KZbin recomended is weird

[@uuulaalaa]

@@its_wyatt3505 they listen to our brain

[@its_wyatt3505]

truth teller AHHHHH GET OUT OF MY BRAIN SUSAN

[@ponydown4189]

Lol. Same here.

[@ejnaygfantzcg]

Post Scriptum tomorrow 😍

[@mcsatans5120]

"It's not a destructive device" no, but the Chinese laundry next to the gun range is wondering why there are these little holes in it's wall.

[@tabernaclejones6115]

he means the legal defiinition of a device of destruction in the united states

[@Shinzon23]

Little? More like "OMFG, were did the dryer, the TV, AND the cat go, and why is there a 3 foot hole all the way through the building?!?!"

[@MrBioniclefan1]

LOL

[@derkernspalter]

Haha, when i was very young, me and my friend went onto the roof of the house where lived (5th story). He had a sports slingshot and marbles as ammunition. From above we could see the side of a parked food truck and we thought it was funny to to shot at it from above. So we shot at it a few dozen times and did not realize we could hurt anyone and were laughing each time we hit that truck and could hear that metallic "plonk" noise on impact. Next day he told me that when he walked to school (along the street where the food truck was) he saw that every of our hits actually punched a hole into the side of that truck and it looked like it had been in a warzone. :-)

[@weirdscience8341]

slingshots aint toys especially the ones i make people that have bought them from me regularly take foxes and pidgys and all manner of small game i dont make band sets with them anymore just frames i made one for a frend who thought it was funny to blow holes in his dads garage door with the one oz lead balls i gave him with it i think there a tad too powerful and people underestimate it as there just slingshots i was worried incase some one shot a person with one if my creations so only the two chicken farmers and a few mates that hunt have them

[@DudeNumberOnePlus]

Little correction, I can see the ammo box for the other side is probably the same as the left, the mounting on right side of the rifle is slanted so you dont have to have two different boxes - which is actually a naturally clever idea. Wonder if the stored ammo flies out during recoil if you let the box cover open.

[@MrJest2]

DudeNumberOnePlus I think that's the purpose of the spring clips - to prevent the rounds from flying out. :-) Wish I had the bucks for this (and a machine shop to make the ammo cases and rounds); it's one of the few truly "very high power" rifles one can own in California (land of the first .50 BMG ban).

[@asd36f]

0:20 - "Light anti-tank rifle" - Ian puffs and groans when picking it up :-)

[@DaniMacYo]

Battlefield V brought me here. In fact literally every Battlefield game brings me here. 👍 Gotta feel sorry for the Soldiers who used these weapons effectively on tanks earlier in the war, then tried it on new and improved tanks and realised oh shit this doesn’t work anymore. Danke.😁

[@OVH_Schultz]

Level Cap Gaming? :)

[@DaniMacYo]

Pompiliu-Ion Popescu 😁 my 3 favourite BF tubers Jack Westie Levelcap 👌 Liking AKA-ART and Get good guy to. 👊 Also Flak Fire gaming. 👍

[@TheArklyte]

Notice any scope on it? Ability to hip fire? Maybe sprinting like a champ with it in your hands? Or any mention of irl soldiers using weapon that is effective at close range as long range one? Sorry, but BF V *doesn't* have AT rifle. They've just reskinned Kar98 and increased damage.

[@TheArklyte]

@@OVH_Schultz you mean Mr."Let's make everything into M4"?

[@TheArklyte]

@@DaniMacYo there's also Flakfire. And Westie had sadly followed LevelCap and voiced a dumb and lazy solution to AT rifle problem so here's that. Seems like our dear "FPSbrains" are too self centered to notice everything around them:(

[@HOARChapprgInHD]

6:45 the ''pibod

[@ohy2266]

+ChapprgInHD Haha i came to the comments to see if anyone else heard that.

[@HOARChapprgInHD]

hahaha XD

[@TheRogueWolf]

You deploy the piebod so that your pie doesn't fall over while you're eating it.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

I do love spoonerisms :D

[@DuelJ007]

It has 3.14 legs

[@cameronjenkins6748]

I'm glad to see this as I love early ww2 anti-tank rifles, especially the small-caliber ones because it's really quite amazing to see what they were capable of.

[@zJoriz]

"I should point out this is not a destructive device" My brain just melted. It's now sloshing about inside a bucket I hastily held under it to prevent it flowing straight out the front door.

[@randomguy9898]

working with rock island really gives you a lot of great stuff to show now, this is awesome

[@razz339]

Yes it is a mutually beneficial relationship. RIA gets 10s of thousands of people viewing items in their upcoming auctions, and Forgotten Weapons gets plenty of great content to share with their subscribers.

[@Reckec]

Really great choice of weapon to show. I have always been fascinated by anti-tank rifles. Or high velocity rifles in general. These rifles are so extreme yet turned out to be a dead end technologically. Thanks for going over this wonderful piece of history.

[@TheMechanator]

oh, there is one modern round you could make and load for this gun or even an 8mm Mauser K98 or Mosin Nagant. :} A tungsten carbide bullet encased in a copper jacket so it doesn't tear up the rifling. The Germans did make some plane 20-30 mm cannons with such ammunition that which their special Aces would use on tank busting runs.

[@tomhutchins7495]

Probably worth mentioning that although anti-tank rifles soon became unable to penetrate tanks' frontal armour, it was a very different story with side and rear plates. Right to the end of the war there were reports of tanks knocked out by Soviet AT-rifles in particular. The Panther was notably vulnerable as its side armour is relatively thin (or to put it differently, its weight of armour in concentrated at the front).

[@RaptorJesus]

Cue the schürzen you see on nigh-every Panzer IV. You saw it on both fronts due to it *also* being great at disrupting infantry HEAT weapons, too.

[@andrep1784]

Your german pronunciation is always almost spot on. Panzerbüchse is an alien word for you i guess. The "ch" of Büchse can be easy replaced by an "k" for pronunciation. (Bükse) This is a vowel thing with the "ü" standing before the "ch". Never mind your german is that good that it almost feels wrong to tell you ;)

[@andreaspelz4658]

Panzerbussy

[@Mattebubben]

Sweden actually had quite an interesting Anti tank RR made during ww2. the Carl Gustav pvg m/42 recoilless anti-tank rifle. It was the world's first shoulder-fired recoil-less weapon it Fierd a 20mm Projectile and would penetrate 40mm of armor at 100m. It was quite light and mobile for a Anti tank rifle and had the advantage that it could be fired from the shoulder (while standing) while most other Anti tank rifles required u to be Prone or have something to lean the weapon on. Sadly when it enterd service in 1942 it was already unable to counter most medium tanks being mass produced and as such only 1000 of them where made. However the experience in developing it later led to the famous Carl Gustav M48 wich is going strong to this day.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I think he's since done a video on them. They're impressive little doodads. Too bad (but good thing) they didn't see more action in the war.

[@AMemeFrom06]

6:46 "Pi-bod" I have to admit, I laughed harder than I should have. Good video as always though

[@2bitmarketanarchist337]

"Light anti tank Rifle" I wish had the cash to give this old beast a home.

[@Cplblue]

As soon as I saw the title pop up on my sub feed I said, "No way!" out loud. Great condition for the rifle as well. Thanks for sharing it with us Ian!

[@DragonHuman00]

6:47 Pibod :)

[@jadirneto2130]

Everytime a new gun releases in BfV one of his videos is recomended to everyone who watch BfV videos XD

[@defaultusername123]

Daze gambler except no one plays BFV or watches the videos

[@270guy]

Thanks for taking the time to share all these firearms. Cheers

[@tedkier3264]

thank you so much for these informative videos on older weaponry , Ian.

[@StPaul76]

This is very interesting. I never knew anybody went .325 caliber in an anti-tank rifle. Thanks for uploading! One always learns something new :)

[@Fowley1953]

This guy knows how to make a subject interesting and knows his onions. Well done Ian.

[@Valfodur]

Thanks for putting this video up!

[@martentrudeau6948]

Your videos are always excellent, and informative too.

[@Ghostscar]

Battlefield V: "I bring a new good anti-tank Rifle." Me: "That's works nice against infantary." Genebra Convencion: "WHAIT, THAT'S ILLEGAL!"

[@saints360row]

WWII was before said war crime, if I'm not mistaken.

[@nelsonglover3963]

Isn’t and never has been a war crime to shoot someone with a large calibre firearm

[@kabalanstef9636]

I actually think it would be less deadly than a kar98 just because the bullet travels so fast it would just go out the other side with just a hole, not a crater on the backside. Penetrative rounds are less damaging to the body than subsonic or expanding rounds. Search how hollowpoint bullets work and you will understand.

[@enb3810]

Genenenrnenea convention*

[@klausbrinck2137]

Geneva. Actually, as a small canon-ball hit the leg of giovanni dei medici in a battle against germans in 1525, and he subsequently died, the grief was so big among aristocrats in Europe, that using artilery against infantery got forbitten. Of course, this rule was broken many times since then (I guess?), and made rigid with the Geneva convention, more than 400 years later... Watch the film "the medici warrior"...

[@suro5038]

A scaled up version of the martini henry that was made in Germany

[@Carbon762]

The guy who kills tanks with this type of weapon is the closest any human has ever come to a being a real-life dragonslayer. No computer chips or rockets or bombs or anything. Just you and a weapon you can carry in your own two arms. Hard to imagine a more valorous battlefield role, in my mind.

[@Blackaceed]

Forgotten Weapons... simply the best gun channel on youtube. Here you really learn someting, while most other gun channels are just BOOOM BOOOM:

[@PoLoMoTo2]

If you ever get the opportunity to fire any of these anti tank rifles you should def video it, I would love to see any one of them fire.

[@ericjohnkloc7468]

its an assault weapon, look at that scary collapsable stock

[@nicolasvillamil7523]

anonymous He was being sarcastic. :p

[@Dante48909]

It may be an assault weapon, but more importantly: Is it tactical?

[@raptorcell6633]

@@Dante48909 INCREDIBLY tactical

[@danielslush1954]

Dante no, but it is tacticool!

[@wizzzer1337]

Hopefully it's not fully semi automatic (-;

[@Tellyfive]

Love this videos. Thank you

[@HU1212ICAN3]

That ammo box is ingenious for any long range rifle period

[@robertkubrick3738]

I'm glad you confirmed that the ideas was borrowed from a polish design. From what I heard the germans captured a fair quantity of the polish rifles and issued them and shot them until the barrels wore/eroded out somewhere between 300-500 rounds at which point they were taken out of service.

[@laflux]

Here partially because of BF 5 but mostly cause of Ian :)

[@yungeyebrows5862]

Thanks for another great video. It certainly looked like hard work to swing that beast around on the table, but I bet it was easier than doing the same thing with a Lahti.

[@clothar23]

Damn, I always wanted one of these old anti tank rifles, but the ammo is non existent. Though how feasible would hand loading be?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

+clothar23 If you were motivated, it could be done.

[@clothar23]

Forgotten Weapons Good to know.

[@NecrosAcolyte]

+clothar23 Would be kind of difficult to get the casings. You'd probably have to custom-order those, since there's nothing like it around anymore. You might get a Berdan 2 for some experience loading outdated proprietary cartridges first, since those are pretty large and easier to load. Just fire-form a Win .348 and cast a bullet(you'll have to order the mold) out of 99% lead and 1% antimony. In any case, you'll want to do a ton of research to find out what type of bullet, powder and primer it used

[@3L3C7R0N0]

+clothar23 Well, if it's a standard 8mm bullet like Ian says, then all you really need is the case to figure out what kind of primer it needs. Trying to find reloading dies for this would be impossible. You'd have to custom order them from Hornady or some other diemaker. The powder load could be inferred by unloading one of the military rounds and weighing it. Most likely it's a slow-burning rifle powder not unlike what they were using for standard 8mm cartridges, comparing it visually under a magnifying glass to a military surplus 8mm load from germany in that time frame would be a good bet. The hardest part would be the brass and reloading dies, as is any wildcat/defunct round.

[@NecrosAcolyte]

laszu The Berdan 2 never used jacketed bullets, along with most firearms made in that era. All a jacket does is increase your penetrative power, it's not there for safety or to engage the rifling. Lead does that just fine by itself, go get yourself a black powder gun and see.

[@gregbilotta2472]

The falling action on that Panzerbushe is quite clever, and the round holder is also very clever. They should have made it like a duel purpose Anti-material rifle and grenade launcher, but I can see why the grenade launcher would be better near the end of the war Would it be easier to use for first time shooters because the sights aren't off to the side like the Boys Anti-Tank rifle?

[@angelgarza9366]

KZbin recommended this right after Battlefield V put the gun up for grabs

[@gazgaz8402]

Same

[@MultiCreasey]

Thanks for creating and sharing - enjoyed this! Not sure I'd have wanted to carry that .. and kit ..

[@stefanpiendl1997]

i absolutely love this channel!

[@harveynailbanger]

The left side ammo box is the same as the right side. You'll notice the lug is at an angle on the left side to allow for similar mounting angle.... Love the videos to see guns that I probably would never see other wise. Cheers.

[@fretingtopolice]

You can still blow a tank commanders "Head clean off" /Clint eastwood quote

[@SevRoks]

I love these videos, they are just fantastic!

[@BaxterRoss]

Great video, what a piece of history!

[@killswitchrules99]

Lol the 2nd time you tried to say bipod you said "pi-bod" 😂 I love it.

[@tonyktx44]

3800 fps. Does that tear holes in the time space continuum?

[@Dodgerambo100]

no it dosnt... 3800fps are roughly 1250m per second. thats quite normal for that type of gun. even the G36 has a muzzlevilocity of round about 2750fps. and thats a 5.56/45 cartridge.

[@patrickgracias5782]

Rico Chet a Over a kilometre per second? Bruh

[@Dodgerambo100]

"Schwere Panzerbüchse 41" with cone shape, (28mm/breech-20mm/muzzle) Could reach Muzzlevelocity up to 1400m/sec. Thats 4500fps. Ca.

[@adamhealy5635]

No it produces black holes instantly

[@OsborneCox.69.420]

Rico Chet it’s over 1000 FPS faster than the 5.56 round you bizarrely felt inclined to bring up lol

[@user-cm8en8or1p]

Never seen this gun from WW2!! Thanks

[@toddcolston1501]

I love that little ammo box. It seems so handy.

[@jamesflowers8054]

I learned something pretty cool recently. There was a Machinegun mounted on panzer 1's called Mauser EW 141 that fired the same cartridge as this gun. Would you happen to know anything more on them?

[@kevinoliver3083]

The EW141 was not a machine gun, only semiautomatic. But it was belt fed. The EW141 was installed in 50 Pzkw 1C tanks, replacing one of the two machine guns. They were used by the reconaissance platoons of tank battalions during Operation Barbarossa. The survivors were withdrawn in 1942.

[@JessicaKStark]

Planning on doing a PTRS and PTRD in the future? :D

[@ForgottenWeapons]

KorGaraak If and when I can get my hands on them, absolutely.

[@kainhall]

KorGaraak have you ever played the red orchestra series? its a highly realistic ww2 FPS that focuses of russia vs germany. the germans got panzerfausts, which are extremely effective at close range, and the russians got the PTRS (or the PTRD, what ever one is single shot)..... if you could hit a tank in the right spot,m it would kill it after like 5 hits..... but, as soon as you fired it, every german and their dog went looking for you. along with the tank commander, because he heard a loud PING on his tank.

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

***** The PTRD is the single-shot one. The PTRS is the semi-auto one.

[@NormanMatchem]

GoredonTheDestroyer The PTRS-41 also lead to the SKS-45. Kind of weird to think that, in essence, the SKS-45 action is just a VERY miniaturized anti-tank rifle. Perfect for if you're ever attacked with VERY miniaturized tanks! ZA STALINAAAA!!!!

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

NormanMatchem That's kinda cool.

[@andyf10]

Great and informative video thanks very much...

[@alltypesofillstuff990]

Erica I love your videos I watch every one of them keep up the good work

[@dnlsfq]

Just checking from Battlefield 5 , whether is it worth to complete the weekly challenges

[@AgencyIsland]

It's great long range sniping

[@koreops8511]

And a Buff to the Boys AT Rifle on damage But it has slow fire

[@AgencyIsland]

@@koreops8511There is a specialization to speed up the reload time as well.

[@crazyfvck]

Very cool weapon :) And it may have lacked the ability to penetrate thick armor, but I have to assume that it would still be sufficient for taking out the tracks on a tank. That would accomplish the same goal, though the tank would still be useable if the crew got out and repaired it.

[@herauthon]

Excellent piece of WWII history Lovely story..

[@MarleyRidgers]

"The Pie Bod does a similar thing with this catch" 6:45 It made me lol.

[@Terrorkekx]

If you care on pronouncing it: Büchse = Bükse...the ch is a k..another difficult german word :P

[@Terrorkekx]

***** Yeah sounds about right...

[@vinercent215]

Terrorkekx But that is only when the ch is followed by an s, German is a "strange" language we Germans have to admit.

[@Terrorkekx]

Viner Cent Aye.

[@1339LARS]

Terrorkekx There you go !

[@Ratzfourtyfour]

Someone should add Panzerbüchse at forvo.com.

[@sohomchatterjee]

If aliens ever attacks, we need to protect Mr.Ian

[@johnsheppard1476]

Yeah,I just won an auction with such beauty!Can't wait till I will finally get that one!

[@tannerleming3687]

Good ole Pi-bod at 6:48😂. I love Ian man

[@TheTruth-ge7fj]

I just got this weapon today in Battlefield 5!

[@larsmehlhop-lange8884]

Hey Ian, thanks for the interesting video, as always. Just a tip for your pronunciation of German names/words (from a German-American): You're already doing a pretty good job at pronouncing the umlaut (Ü). However, the word "Büchse" in German sounds more like the words "dixon" or "vixen" in English (minus the 'n', and with the umlaut in place of the 'i', of course). Another tricky thing to pronounce in German is the 'eu'. In your video on the Mauser "Schnellfeuer" Mod. 712 it sounds like you're doing an umlaut again, but the 'eu' in "Schnellfeuer" (rapid fire) actually sounds more like in the words "boy" or "coy". Imagine you're putting an '-er" at the end of those words and you pretty much have the correct pronunciation for the German "-feuer" (fire). Please don't be offended by this comment, I'm really trying to provide some genuine constructive criticism so you can improve your videos even more. Cheers from Germany

[@kristapenney929]

Lars Galling the West won both world wars. We will tell you how to pronounce German.

[@jaromeunrooski6963]

@@kristapenney929 Back to the kitchen you go!

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

I was hoping that you had a pzb 39! glad my wish came true! Those ammo side boxes are a pretty cool feature, suprised theres no field modification where instead of ammo its a few spare sandwiches..at the ready in case the gunner got hungry.

[@tungsten4422]

The Panzerbusche was a practical and usable anti-tank weapon during the first half of WW2. In his autobiography, German Tiger tank ace Otto Carius explains that Soviet PTRD teams would disable the vision ports and aiming devices on even the mighty Tiger tank, requiring them to carry dozens of replacement parts with them into each engagement. The German anti-tank rifles could and were used in the same way. Although post 1941 most anti tank rifles were ineffective in destroying tanks they weren’t useless on the battlefield. Just playing Devil’s Advocate here.

[@IgnarHusky]

I just know there will be Battlefield 5 players recommended this because they just added this to the game. I remember seeing this a few years, but I just got recommended it again lol

[@johnballs1352]

Same

[@PsiCommando]

Simply viewing this kind of a weapon almost makes you realize why the Germans lost the war- this is a simple firearm overengineered "to perfection", yet ultimately becoming so complex, it's "perfection" defeated it's practicality. It's like they had produced this weapon, and just kept adding stuff to it to sort of plug holes in the design flaws. For instance, having mirror image box ammunition holders makes the factory not only produce said boxes for ammunition out of stamped metal (when they could've just produced more guns instead), but producing a 2-piece matching set for each weapon, as well as replacement parts. This might have been a formidable weapon in it's time, but compared to the Soviet PTRD and PTRS designs, which were pretty much a lock, stock and a barrel, and equally (if not even more) effective, it's just too complex to be fielded in massive enough numbers. On the side note, the way Ian pronounced "die Panzerbüchse" is so wrong it made me giggle. :) Native English speakers can really deform some of the foreign words... Also, with the imperial measuring units, I almost got no data out of this video at all, and I was really looking forward to learning something.

[@hawaiisidecar]

Very interesting gun. Thanks.

[@JesusvonNazaret]

the left side ammo box is the same as the right side one, that's why they put the receiving part at an angle on the left side and vertical on the right side

[@letmeouttamycage]

Wonder if these ever got used on infantry

[@TeamRetroWorld]

+skintrade One thing is for sure... nobody at the receiving end is here to answer ya' :)

[@Vkhani12345]

+skintrade They used it as snipers to i believe haha

[@Pikkabuu]

+skintrade One of the uses for these things after tanks got too tough was as heavy snipers.

[@letmeouttamycage]

Wonder how many lucky guys this would go through with one shot

[@richpurslow3283]

with the hatred between russian and german troops i imagine they were yeah, the russians would do the same thing too mind so no love loss there.

[@scottclinton2061]

Perfect for open carry!

[@douglasfeldman4079]

cool video goatman. keep it coming!

[@Kikilang60]

The wonders of Molybdenum, and Tungsten. Thanks.

[@2salzig2spucknapp]

im just here to hear him pronounce "panzerbüchse"

[@Pleumel]

Und das war ein kritischer Fehlschlag =D

[@MegaPowerbutton]

0:18 A german Panzer"büsch" :D

[@marvinmarvin6672]

I'll take a cold one

[@ravennexusmh]

Interesting. You said mirror image box for the other side. But if you notice the left box catch is at an angle that allows the same box to be used on both sides

[@ulfpe]

As allways nice and interesting presentation

[@LordDarthHarry]

So if its not considered a "destructive device" it means that (if I lived in the US) i could buy a fully functional weapon like this or the Polish ur wz. 35 legaly without any special permits? Even though a weapon like this is technicaly fully capable of doing serious damage to an armored truck or even a light APC?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Yes, it is treated like any other firearm legally.

[@dunnobutwayne]

that gun will penetrate a lot of steel..

[@TheGrammargestapo1]

uhuh. It's a good thing it costs 40,000 dollars. That isn't an issue. Weapons like this are so niche that the only people buying them would never and, might I mention, have never committed a crime in US history with them. Even modern Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifles, which cost a mere 11,000 dollars I might add, have no criminal history of use. it's not an issue and never will be.

[@YTRulesFromNM]

California had to be a jerk about it, banning 50 BMG. But, 416 Barrett and 408 Cheytac are legal and retain more energy at 1,000 yards.

[@TheGrammargestapo1]

YTRulesFromNM unfortunately, most of the people making gun laws know nothing about guns. If they did, not only would gun laws be more effective, gun owners also wouldn't have to deal with stupid, pointless bullshit.

[@aperkausn]

Hid I dear PiBod at 6:45? Cheers!

[@ThatGuy21872]

Yes, we did

[@XtremeConditions]

First saw this thing on your channel, so I was delighted to see it in Battlefield V! And man, is it awesome.

[@txm100]

It would be great if you could show the ammo side by side or at least show some pictures. These rounds look crazy!

[@squeakynerdy3335]

Anyone else catch that he said "Pibod"

[@jessedemler7501]

HANZ, GET ZE PANZERBÜCSE!

[@Manhunt2299]

Nein mein Freund

[@richardbell7678]

Much after the fact, but the ammo box for the other side of the gun is not the mirror image for the one on the right side, because the mounting on the gun is not at the same angle. What that suggests is that the same ammo box fits on both mounts that puts the opening towards the shooter and the hinge away from the gun.

[@F4Wildcat]

It was a cold december morning, many years ago i was playing forgotten hope 2. A ww2 mod of BF2. This rifle is the german anti-tank rifle. I completly missed that part and i was shooting infantry with it

[@Punisher9419]

Was it accurate because they could have been used as a long range marksman rifle if it had a powerful enough optic.

[@Wienerslinky]

Pretty sure it would destroy the optic unless you have one specifically made for this rifle

[@lars9925]

It hurts your shoulder if you use it frequently because the recoil is immense. Nobody would want to use this weapon regularly as a sniper rifle.

[@SortenRavn]

@@lars9925 Well, a good sniper only need to pull the trigger once anyway

[@lars9925]

@@SortenRavn Once per enemy but actually several times in a combat situation.

[@SortenRavn]

@@lars9925 true.. but then again.. if I saw my squad leader (or mate) just had hos head (or any body part) ripped off with the strength of a Space marine boltgun.. I Think i would scramble and find Another route.. (preferably one that leads backwards )..

[@RH0DI]

I see this having potential in BFV

[@TheRealSherman]

It's been leaked too

[@gavin_1973]

It has been added

[@LuciFeric137]

Thanks again Ian. Love the anti tank guns..

[@emtffzartman666]

Awesome video as always. I just posted a video of the Granatbüchse (GRB) 39 version of that weapon. They are so awesome!!!

[@viggenguy4411]

No bayonet lug... not interested

[@heinzthorvald4675]

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[@kimjanek646]

a german panzer büsch :D

[@kmd9999]

Great video! Wonder what the forward grip was made of?

[@SGusky]

amazing video

[@ES90344]

The Soviets had some success using their anti-tank rifles on German tanks throughout the war. While it couldn't penetrate their armor anymore, it could penetrate the armored glass viewports of many German tanks. Quite a few tank commanders met their demise to this tactic.

[@burningphoneix]

quentintin1 I also believe it was able to pierce the side armour of a Panther tank quite late in the war. It's why Germans started mounting schurzen on the Panther as well.

[@yuyuyu25]

burningphoneix Yes, the lower side armour of the Panther was penetrable by the 14.5 ATRs at ~100m, which is suicidal close, but still happened. A number of Panthers were lost at Kursk due to those guns in fact. As you said, schurzen basically negated this threat though.

[@packr72]

Erik Schmitz 17% of all Panther losses at Kursk(the ones that didn't spontaneously combust) were lost to at rifles.

[@FloodExterminator]

I heard a story about a soviet sniper shooting a PTRS-42 in the barrel of a tiger tank and it completely destroyed the tiger!

[@packr72]

FloodExterminator I highly doubt it, like the stories of the pilots who "bounced?" .50 cal rounds into the belly of Tigers. Take stories like those with a grain of salt.

[@gglovato]

is this operational? too bad you didn't got to test it against real armor!

[@alexanderuhlig1165]

You can use explosive ammo

[@foximacentauri7891]

@@alexanderuhlig1165 I doubt you’re gonna get much explosives into an 8mm bullet.

[@samstewart4807]

Hi Love your videos! Where can I get a blueprint of the falling block action???

interesting history. thanks for the video