{"id":91258,"date":"2024-12-29T02:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=91258"},"modified":"2024-08-28T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:03:23","slug":"wz-35-polands-remarkably-misunderstood-antitank-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/12\/29\/wz-35-polands-remarkably-misunderstood-antitank-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"wz.35: Poland&#8217;s Remarkably Misunderstood Antitank Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wxhwHgemeBs?si=4ASWUDcIy7iwNUQr\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Aug 26, 2024<\/p>\n<p>In the 1930s, Poland decided to develop an anti-tank rifle, and the young designer J\u00f3zef Maroszek came up with the winning system by scaling up a bolt-action service rifle he had already drawn up. The project was kept very secret, out of concern that Germany or Russia would up-armor their tanks if the Polish rifle&#8217;s existence and capabilities became known. This secrecy has led to a lot of misconceptions about the rifle today &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the ammunition for the wz.35 used a plain lead core. Polish engineers found that at its incredible 4200 fps (1280 m\/s) muzzle velocity, the lead core had excellent armor penetrating capacity. When the German Army later captured and reused the rifles, they didn&#8217;t trust this, and reloaded captured Polish ammunition with German tungsten-cored projectiles made for the PzB-39. <\/p>\n<p>Rather than explain the full story of the wz.35 in detail here, I will refer you to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/wz-35\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/wz-35\/<\/a>, where I have posted a full monograph on the rifle written by Leszek Erenfeicht.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to the Royal Armouries for allowing me to film and disassemble this rifle! The NFC collection there &#8211; perhaps the best military small arms collection in Western Europe &#8211; is available by appointment to researchers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbF80WU9Ob1lMbWtnNURUd1h2eUJUd3EwLTRXUXxBQ3Jtc0tudGJWYTZDSExuMDZidWNyQ2xzZHdoNFZrN01OUVJRaHlyWEVCZHpKb3dheTI2Z1c5RkNqZlJ0ekhqZDhDYmhOZUpoZmYxSXpod19VRkdNOTZwOGpfTHRoZzJzOTF5QVZMMEg3ZGV4R2tBenZCV3RfRQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Froyalarmouries.org%2Fresearch%2Fnational-firearms-centre%2F&#038;v=wxhwHgemeBs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/royalarmouries.org\/research\/n&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can browse the various Armouries collections online here: <a href=\"https:\/\/royalarmouries.org\/collection\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/royalarmouries.org\/collection\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices:<br \/>\nweaponsandwar.tv<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbElzUmhkNXB0N1RHRnIxZzZWTDJzdXJnU3ZRQXxBQ3Jtc0ttSzBUc3ItZW93eE9NNmpsbmdwOFhOMl9pcXNScVNEWmhHRHpaOC1qb0daZnBBSWFwbzBwWWVNN1I1bUxTc0FHQW5za2hNY0ljb3F6MloyczBtaWxWa24tSmJUYWJFcW9nRHJia250cll0VFFxTDFvTQ&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons&#038;v=wxhwHgemeBs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/For&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published Aug 26, 2024 In the 1930s, Poland decided to develop an anti-tank rifle, and the young designer J\u00f3zef Maroszek came up with the winning system by scaling up a bolt-action service rifle he had already drawn up. 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