Brief
The Panzerfaust 3 is a German rocket launcher intended for anti-tank combat but which can also be engaged against buildings. Manufactured by the German firm DAG , this weapon is in service in various armies.
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| panzerfaust 3 | |
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| Presentation | |
|---|---|
| Native country |  West Germany |
| Kind | rocket launcher |
| Designer | Dynamit Nobel AG |
| Maker | Dynamit Nobel AG IHI Aerospace (licence) |
| Creation date | 1978–85 |
| Weights and dimensions | |
| Mass (unloaded) | 2.3 kg (sighting and firing device) |
| Mass (loaded) | 12.9 kg with shaped charge warhead 13.3 kg ( tandem shaped charge warhead) 13.3 kg (anti-bunker warhead) |
| Length(s) | 0.95m _ |
| Diameter | 60 mm (tube) 110 mm ( ogive ) |
| Technical characteristics | |
| Convenient scope | 300m against a moving target 400m against a stationary target |
| Initial speed | 115m /s |
Operators
Twelve countries officially acquired this weapon in March 2022
Germany : Initial operational capability by West Germany in 1987. Official adoption in 1992.
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Japan : First export sale in February 1989. Used as 110 MM Light Anti-
Switzerland : Second export sale in 1991 3 . Used as Panzerfaust 90. Ammunition production under license by RUAG Munition .
Additional information
Description
The tube is single-use, allowing it to be abandoned on the battlefield, for the sake of less bulk in the event of a rapid change of position after a shot revealing its position to the enemy. Only the aiming and firing devices are reusable.
Usage
In Switzerland
The Swiss Army introduced it to recruit schools in 1994 where it replaced the 58/80 rocket tube . On exercise, it fires the exercise ammunition "UPAT" (abbreviation of the German " Übung Patrone " ), without shaped charge and not exploding on impact. Before training recruits in this ammunition, the Swiss Army uses a 7.5 mm GP11 cartridge with tracer bullet as practice ammunition for preparatory practice firing for Panzerfaust 3, before switching to UPAT ammunition. Since the end of the 2010s, it has been gradually replaced by the MATADOR in the infantry and by the NLAWamong the grenadiers.
In Iraq
During the Battle of Mosul , inOctober 2016, the Kurdish peshmergas used Panzerfaust 3 to fight against the Islamic State's vehicle bombs
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