anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19920140-002
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1944/10
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - Germany
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/10/01
- Latest 1944/10/31
- Brand Name / Model Model 90
- Inscription 44W1990; FEVER
- Pattern Name Panzerfaust
- Materials Metal
- Branch Infantry Branch
- Service Component German ArmyVOLKSTRUM
- Measurements Length 104.4 cm, Outside Diameter 14.0 cm
- Caption Rocket-Propelled Grenade Launcher, Panzerfaust, Model 90
- Additional Information In a desperate attempt to augment its declining numbers, the German military conscripted civilians in 1945, many of them boys and old men, into the Deutschen Volkssturm, or German People's Militia. Poorly trained, inadequately armed, and unpaid unless in combat, the Volkssturm lacked both ability and motivation. Although the relentlessly advancing Allies still faced pockets of fierce resistance, Nazi Germany was clearly finished. Many Volkssturm units used the Panzerfaust, a simple, expendable, anti-tank weapon that fired a high explosive warhead.