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Puppchen: Rocket Launcher or Gun? (Patreon)

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Why design a Rocket Launcher like a Gun? - Puppchen - Raketenwerfer 43

In this video Jens Wehner from the Military History Museum Dresden of the Bundeswehr and I talk about the 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 Puppchen/Püppchen. Besides covering the basics like range, introduction, production data and comparsion to similar weapons like the Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust we also ask the question why it was designed like a gun, although it was rocket launcher. Disclaimer: I was invited by Militärhistorische Museum der Bundeswehr Dresden in 2019. http://www.mhmbw.de/ Cover design by vonKickass. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Fleischer,Wolfgang: Deutsche Nahkampfmittel. Munition, Granaten und Kampfmittel bis 1945. Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2018. Hahn, Fritz: Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933-1945. Dörfler Verlag: Eggolsheim, o.J. Catalog of Enemy Ordnance Material (German). Office Chief of Ordnance. 1945. Keilig, Wolf: Das Deutsche Heer 1939-1945. Gliederung, Einsatz, Stellenbesetzung. Podzun-Verlag: Bad Nauheim, Deutschland, 1956-. Scherzer, Veit: Das Auszeichnungssystem der Wehrmacht. Verlag Veit Scherzer: Bayreuth, Germany, 2015. #Puppchen #Püppchen #RocketLauncher

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Joachim Köppel

I always wondered why they did not consider that exact thing for light vehicles like armored cars, even the obsolete Panzer I ( if any were left in 1943) would probably be able to employ the weapon with its light recoil. That it doesn´t offer much for the infantry except for the range is clear, but for enclosed vehicles the non-existant backblast would have been ideal ?

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this is an educated guess. From what I know, combat vehicles were usually equipped - besides troop trials etc. - with proven weapon systems. I assume this was mostly due to the fact that vehicles are far more expensive. Another issue is the accuracy, a regular gun is far more accurate, this is less of a problem with dug-in infantry (in an ambush position) than with a vehicle, which is ideally on the move. So, in general there are several disadvantages of using such a weapon even if it was "proven". Another thing is also doctrine, you armored cars are not tank destroyers, they are there to fight "light targets" like infantry, soft-skin vehicles for that an auto-cannon is far more practical than the Puppchen (slow firing). Another issue is, adapting such a weapon for vehicle use, this requires some conversion time and testing, there could all types of problems, e.g., gases, size limitations (the thing looks very clumsy compared to the Panzerschreck, yes it looks small for its caliber, but some parts might require a minimum size that just don't fit with a turret ring etc.) From all factors we know, I think the range is the most glaring issue, this is basically an ambush / close-combat weapon, since 230-250 meters for anti-vehicle is very up-close and personal. The combat distance of a heavy MG (MG34 or MG42 on tripod) was higher and as such a vehicle MG also counts as heavy, which would mean the secondary weapon would have had a far higher range than the main weapon.

Raul Ramos

While you could look at this as a recoil less without the recoil less, it is such a short range and inaccurate, that it makes little sense to put on any mounting. A two man at team can move faster and conceal better for the same range. This is just bulky without benefits. If a carriage is bulky, a whole vehicle is even more so. Light armoured vehicles like the panzer one have only so much potential. The explanations of Morgan regarding the potentials of the pkfwg III are very good There. From a technical point of view, the only options for such obsolete vehicles is to get rid of the turret and use the chassis as carrier... Perhaps for something like a recoil less rifle, using the vehicle for its mobility rather than a protected fighting platform