{"id":48127,"date":"2019-07-07T02:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=48127"},"modified":"2020-03-30T20:36:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T00:36:48","slug":"granatbuchse-grb-39-antitank-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/07\/07\/granatbuchse-grb-39-antitank-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Granatbuchse<\/em> GrB-39 Antitank Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWFX08ay-pE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published on 29 Aug 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hammer price: $13,000<\/p>\n<p>Like most countries, Germany had a standard-issue antitank rifle when World War II began &mdash; the <em>Panzerbuchse<\/em> 39. It fired an 8 x 94mm cartridge with a small very high velocity armor-piercing bullet. And like the other AT rifles from the 1930s, the PzB-39 became obsolete quickly as tank armor improved during the war. However, while most countries simply scrapped their antitank rifles, the Germans opted instead to convert the guns into dedicated grenade launchers.<\/p>\n<p>Because the PzB-39 was already designed for a very high pressure cartridge, it was ideally suited to handle the stresses of firing large anti-tank grenades. Rather than relying on simple kinetic energy to penetrate, the grenades could use shaped charge technology to be vastly more effective than AP bullets.<\/p>\n<p>In converting the PzB-39 into the GrB-39, the barrels were cut down, grenade launching cups attached to the muzzles, new sights designed for grenade use, bipods lengthened, and the folding stocks were fixed in place. Most of the PzB-39 rifles in service were subject to these modifications, and the resulting GrB-39 guns were able to be reasonably effective through the end of the war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_2019-07-07-Granatbuchse-GrB-39-Antitank-Rifle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_2019-07-07-Granatbuchse-GrB-39-Antitank-Rifle-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-49452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_2019-07-07-Granatbuchse-GrB-39-Antitank-Rifle-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_2019-07-07-Granatbuchse-GrB-39-Antitank-Rifle-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_2019-07-07-Granatbuchse-GrB-39-Antitank-Rifle-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_2019-07-07-Granatbuchse-GrB-39-Antitank-Rifle-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot_2019-07-07-Granatbuchse-GrB-39-Antitank-Rifle.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published on 29 Aug 2015 http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons Hammer price: $13,000 Like most countries, Germany had a standard-issue antitank rifle when World War II began &mdash; the Panzerbuchse 39. It fired an 8 x 94mm cartridge with a small very high velocity armor-piercing bullet. 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