CMK P48001 Transport box with Panzerfausts

The Panzerfaust was a German recoilless anti-tank grenade launcher from the Second World War. In the Panzerfaust 60 version, the gun was 80 centimeters long, with a caliber of 44 mm and a bullet caliber of 150 mm. The total weight of the weapon was 6.1 kilograms. The effective range of the shot did not exceed 60 meters, but from this distance the projectile fired from this weapon could penetrate armor with a thickness of approx. 190-220 mm.

The Panzerfaust was developed as the basic individual anti-tank weapon of the German infantry. From the very beginning, it was assumed that it would be a single-use weapon, easy and as simple as possible in construction, and cheap to produce. It was also aimed at being as easy to use as possible. The first prototype examples of the new weapon, not yet named Panzerfaust, were created in 1942. On the other hand, the first serial Panzerfausts were delivered to the Eastern Front in mid-1943. They immediately gained a lot of recognition, and with time new models of this weapon appeared, the Panzerfaust: 60, 100 and 150, differing mainly in the size of the bullet and its own weight. These weapons were used by the German armed forces until the end of World War II. It is worth adding that the Panzerfausts were also used - as a captured weapon - by the Soviet and Polish troops fighting on the Eastern Front.