'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.

14.5mm anti-tank rifles PTRD-41 and PTRS-41. The PTRS-41 was produced and used by the Soviet Union during World War II. In the years between the World Wars, the Soviet Union began experimenting with different types of armour-piercing anti-tank cartridges.

The 14.5×114mm (.57 calibre) is a heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge used by the Soviet Union, the former Warsaw Pact, modern Russia, and other countries.

Feb 25, 2023 · Known on the battlefield as the “Simonov”, the PTRS-41 was designed by the Soviet Union in response to the loss of anti-tank artillery at the hands of the Germans. The USSR charged several weapons designers with producing a bandaid solution to the issue by developing a new anti-tank gun.

Jan 8, 2020 · The two primary Soviet antitank rifles of the World War II era were the PTRD 41 (top) and the PTRS 41 (bottom). The PTRD-41 was a single-shot weapon, while the PTRS-41 was capable of semiautomatic fire. Other than the cheek pads, butt pads, and wooden pistol grip, the entire weapon was constructed of steel.

Apr 10, 2023 · Like the 12.7×99 mm and 12.7×108 mm, the 14.5×114 mm caliber would see its use survive WWII, being used in particular in the KPV machine gun from 1954… but also in the PTRD-41 and PTRS-41 today still!

This rifle was a 14.5mm caliber and fired a heavy cartridge of 14.5 x 114mm of more than 15cm in length that could penetrate until 40mm of armor at 100 meters distance. Its design was enormously simple, which facilitated its mass production, which reached almost half a million units until its completion in 1945.

The PTRD-41 (ProtivoTankovoye Ruzhyo Degtyaryova 1941) was a Soviet single-shot, bolt-action anti-tank rifle developed by Vasily Degtyaryov during World War II. Chambered for the powerful 14.5x114mm cartridge, the rifle was designed as a cost-effective means to combat early German tanks and armored vehicles.

Aug 29, 2023 · PTRD and PTRS rifles could snipe at tracks and road wheels, gun barrels, vision ports, hatches, engine compartments and exposed crewmen. A disabled German vehicle, without infantry support, was ripe for attack by Soviet tank hunter teams.

The PTRS 1941 Simonov was a huge 14.5 mm semi-automatic rifle, fed by a five-round magazine. Designed by Sergei Simonov in 1938, the PTRS-41 (Simonov Anti-Tank Rifle) was manufactured throughout the Second World War, between 1941 and 1945.