'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.

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.

Jan 11, 2020 · As the tanks closed in for the kill, a Russian private jumped down from an ammunition caisson. He sprinted toward a low mound nearby. In his arms he clutched an antitank rifle, a heavy,...

Aug 15, 2021 · The Degtyarev PTRD 1941 (or "PTRD-41", shortened from "Protivo Tankovoye Ruzhyo Degtyaryova") was the most available anti-tank, anti-material rifle to the Red Army during World War 2. The heavy 14.5mm cartridge held the capability to penetrate armor plating of enemy vehicles at ranges within 500 yards.

Sep 1, 2002 · The PTRD was known as the 14.5mm PaB 783 (r), and the PTRS was the 14.5mm PaB 784 (r). After the War Some sources indicate the PTRS was used in small quantities in Korea. The PTRD were fitted with telescopic sights and …

The Degtyarov PTRD anti-tank rifle is a manually operated, single shot rifle. It uses conventional rotary bolt cation with single-piece bolt that has two radial locking lugs at the front. One unusual feature of the PTRD action is its self-ejection: the barrel was allowed to slide back under recoil, compressing the spring buffer located in the ...

May 25, 2018 · The PTRD-41 is a mechanically interesting and unusual weapon in that despite being only a single shot system, it is recoil operated. When fired, the entire barrel assembly recoils rearward, absorbing some of the immense recoil energy and also opening the bolt and ejecting the spent case.

As German tank technology advanced, particularly in terms of the thickness of armor, PTRD-41 anti-tank rifles, along with their PTRS-41 semi-automatic cousins, became much less effective. Additionally, combat experience found that the single-shot PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle gave off immense muzzle flashes, which in turn attracted counter-fire.

The PTRD-41 (Shortened from Russian, ProtivoTankovoye Ruzhyo Degtyaryova;Противотанковое однозарядное ружьё системы Дегтярёва образца 1941 года;"Degtyaryov Anti-Tank Rifle") was an anti-tank rifle produced and used from early 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II.