2,8 CM SCHWERE PANZERBÜCHSE 41

The German light 2.8 cm sPzB41 cannon is also classified as an AT heavy rifle. Cannons of this type were often equipped with ZF 1x11 optics from the PaK 35/36 gun. The sPzB41 cannons were used by motorized troops, light infantry, paratroopers and mountain units. In the KwK 42 version, the weapon of this type was mounted on SdKfz 250/11 and SdKfz 221 armored vehicles. The armor-piercing ammunition is APCNR-T shells with a tungsten core, and 2.8cm Sprg.41 is fragmentation ammunition. Close-range shots could seriously damage the Soviet KV-1 and T-34/85 tanks. Technical data: barrel length: 173 cm, range: 500 m, caliber: 28 mm, combat weight: 229 kg, initial velocity: 1400 m / s, rate of fire: 30 spins / min.