5/29/2023 0 Comments M6 bazooka roundI think the SPG-82 owed more to the Panzerschreck in concept. Pupchen was not a recoilless weapon, was it? The only Soviet weapon similar in principle was the 73mm "Grom" cannon on the BMP-1, which fires the same round as the SPG-9. Is this not a copy of the 88mm "Pupchen" weapons? I don't think it was deployed during the war, but it saw extensive use and deployment during the 50s and 60s. IIRC the SPG-82 was a recoilless rifle, developed during the war as an infantry AT weapon to replace the AT rifle in the infantry battalions. Question is was this weapon used during WWII…perhaps late war? I also came across this same weapon in a British Army of The Rhine Intelligence report on Red Army equipment and ordnance generated in 1946. Looks like a bazooka or panzer schreak on little cartwheels, somewhat reminiscent of the wheels on the Soviet water-cooled Maxim 7.62mm MG. HEAT firing light infantry anti-tank weapon. “Identification Handbook, Soviet and Satellite Ordnance Equipment” Part I. I dunno if this is the right forum to enquire on this subject, but I came across a rather odd Soviet Anti-Tank weapon in an old (1966) Identification Handbook cranked out by the USAREUR. Profile | register | preferences | faq | search Soviet SPG-82 Anti-Tank Weapon - The Dupuy Institute Forum
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