The Sturmpistole ("assault-pistol") was an attempt by Germany during World War II to create a multi-purpose weapon which could be used by any infantryman. It consisted of a modified flare gun (Leuchtpistole) which could fire a variety of grenades, including a 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) shaped charge Panzerwurfkörper 42 which could penetrate 80 mm (3.1 in) of rolled homogeneous armor. The idea was not pursued wholeheartedly, and took second stage to the then current anti-tank rifles and later weapon developments, such as the Panzerfaust recoilless and Panzerschreck rocket.
^Gander, Terry; Chamberlain, Peter (1979). Weapons of the Third Reich : An Encyclopedic Survey of all Small Arms, Artillery, and Special Weapons of the German land forces, 1939-1945. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. p. 27. ISBN 0385150903. OCLC 5071295.
The Sturmpistole ("assault-pistol") was an attempt by Germany during World War II to create a multi-purpose weapon which could be used by any infantryman...
delivered their first batch of experimental guns - which they called the 'Sturmpistole' ('Assault Pistol') - to the K.u.K. Artillerie-Arsenal in Vienna, and...
42 was nearly 390 g (14 oz) heavier than its predecessor. Sturmpistole – The Sturmpistole was a conversion of either Leuchtpistole 34's or Leuchtpistole...
Frommer machine-pistol was succeeded later in 1917 by the more successful Sturmpistole, a direct copy of the Villar Perosa. Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire...
manufactured grenades designed to be fired from adapted flare guns known as the Sturmpistole in its final form. Fragmentation and anti-tank grenades were produced...
Leuchtpistole 42 could fire both lethal and non-lethal rounds. Sturmpistole - The Sturmpistole was a conversion of either Leuchtpistole 34's or Leuchtpistole...
Wehrmacht Waffen-SS Full-automatic version of the Solothurn S-18/1000. Sturmpistole - - Wehrmacht Modification of standard flare guns to launch grenades...
or a StG-44 assault rifle that has been modified with an underbarrel Sturmpistole grenade launcher. Edytha Rossmann (エディータ・ロスマン, Edīta Rosuman) Voiced...
Patrone 326 could be fired from the Leuchtpistole 34, Leuchtpistole 42, or Sturmpistole giving German troops a small and lightweight grenade launcher for engaging...
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