PzF 44

PzF 44.

Statistic.	Data.
Type.	Anti-tank rocket launcher.
Place of origin.	W. Germany.
First made in.	~1960.
Retired.	Stated in 1992 and is now completed.
Manufacturer.	Dynamit Nobel.
Caliber.	44 mm (1.7 in).
Rate of fire.	1 shot only.
Muzzle velocity.	168.0 m/s (551 ft/s) (muzzle), but 210.0 m/s (689 ft/s) (max)
Maximum firing range.	~ 400 m (1,300 ft).
Sights.	Telescope.
Detonation mechanism.	N/A, but probably typical for its time, role and configuration.
Crew.	1.
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A Leichte Panzerfaust 44 der Bundeswehr. Author: German Armed Forces.

The PzF 44 (also called Lanze, PzF 44 2A1, Leichte Panzerfaust, or Panzerfaust 2) is a recoilless anti-tank weapon. It was created as part of a plan for W. Germany to manufacture its own weapons in order to avoid the USA to provide the replacement for the aging and obsolete post WW2 American kit they were about to abandon. NATO knew that it was not strategically wise to make them 100% dependent on imported arms and believed the FRG could be trusted to make its own weapons by the mid 1960s.