Service Data:
In Service: 1940 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Mauser
Number built: 2,797
Technical Data:
Type: Schwere Panzerbüchse
Calibre: 2.8 cm
Length: 1.714 m
Weight: 229 kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, percussion fired
Recoil: hydrospring
Carriage: split trail
Elevation: -5° to +45°
Traverse: 90�
Rate of fire: 30 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 1,400 m/s
Effective range: 500 m
Shell Weight: 131 gm
Used by: Heer
Variants:
2.8 cm s PzB 41
2.8 cm KwK
42
Other: Anti-Tank
Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 2.8 cm s PzB 41 (2.8 cm Schwere Panzerbüchse 41)
was an anti-tank gun designed by
Mauser, based on the cone bore principal, which was first
patented in 1903 by Karl Puff.
Mauser
also designed a variant to be mounted on vehicles. This was
designated
2.8
cm KwK 42. However, it was never used. The original variant
2.8 cm s PzB 41 was mounted on
Sd.Kfz. 250/11 Alte leichte Schützenpanzerwagen schwerer
Panzerbüchse 41,
Sd.Kfz.
221 (MG) Leichte Panzerspähwagen
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
For a complete list of
sources
