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The PTRD-41 (Russian: Противотанковое самозарядное ружьё образца 1941 года системы Дегтярёв, romanized: Protivotankovoye samozaryadnoye ruzhyo obraztsa 1941 goda sistemy Degtyaryova, lit. 'Anti-tank self-loading gun pattern 1941, Degtyaryov system') is an anti-tank rifle that was produced and used from 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It is a single-shot weapon which fires the 14.5×114 mm round, which was able to penetrate German tanks such as the Panzer III and early models of the Panzer IV. Although unable to penetrate the frontal armor of late-war German tanks, it could penetrate their thinner side and top armor at close ranges as well as thinly armored self-propelled guns and half-tracks.




History



In 1939, in its invasion of Poland the USSR captured several hundred Polish Model 35 anti-tank rifles, which had proved effective against the German invasion of Poland from the West. Vasily Degtyaryov copied its lock and several features of the German Panzerbüchse 38 when hasty construction of an anti-tank rifle was ordered in July 1941.
The PTRD and the similar but semi-automatic PTRS-41 were the only individual anti-tank weapons available to the Red Army in numbers upon the outbreak of the war with Germany. The 14.5 mm armor-piercing bullet had a muzzle velocity of 1,012 m/s (3,320 ft/s). The 64 g (2.3 oz) bullet had a 39 g (1.4 oz) steel core and could penetrate around 30 mm (1.2 in) of armor at 500 m (1,600 ft), and 40 mm (1.6 in) of armor at 100 m (330 ft). During the initial invasion, and indeed throughout the war, most German tanks had side armor thinner than 40 mm (1.6 in) (Panzer I and Panzer II: 13–20 mm (0.51–0.79 in), Panzer III and Panzer IV series: 30 mm (1.2 in), Panzer V Panther (combat debut mid-1943): 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in)).
Guns captured by the Germans were given the designation 14.5 mm PzB 783(r).
After World War II the PTRD was also used extensively by North Korean and Chinese armed forces in the Korean War. During this war, William Brophy, a US Army Ordnance officer, mounted a .50 BMG (12.7 mm) barrel to a captured PTRD to examine the effectiveness of long-range shooting. Furthermore, the US also captured a number of PTRDs in the Vietnam War. The weapon proved effective out to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).




Users






= Current

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Donetsk People's Republic: Used by militiamen in 2014.
Russia: Limited use in the Syrian civil war
Ukraine: Limited use in the war in Donbas




= Former

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Bulgaria: Equipped with 300 items (both PTRD & PTRS) by Soviet Union between 1944 and 1945, seen in combat operations.
China: Used in Chinese Civil War, later by People's Volunteer Army during Korean War.
Czechoslovakia: Used by 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR.
Nazi Germany: Captured and used by Wehrmacht under the title Panzerbüchse 783(r).
North Korea: Equipped by the USSR, saw extensive combat in Korean War against M24 light tanks.
Poland: Used by 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division in 1943 then by other Polish divisions.
North Vietnam: In stockpile, used by Viet Cong in Vietnam War.
Soviet Union: Largely used in Eastern Front by the Red Army.




See also


List of Russian weaponry
PTRS-41




References



Koll, Christian (2009). Soviet Cannon - A Comprehensive Study of Soviet Arms and Ammunition in Calibres 12.7 mm to 57 mm. Austria: Koll. p. 91. ISBN 978-3-200-01445-9.




External links



Russian 14.5 mm antitank rifle PTRD-1941
The PTRD 1941

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