Erich, on the books- I have one Armor volume of Tigers in Action- don't remember the author though. I'll check tonight. I do have Schneider's "Rarities of the Tiger Family"...
He seems rather knowledgeable on Tigers/ armored combat, yes?

I've also read about recoiless weapons being used by the Falshirmjager- relatively light and easy to carry among a three man team... So I wonder what the deal is with the units using recoiless weapons at Kursk. Carl's OOB obviously points to some units being equipped with the weapons at Kursk. I wonder- were those units "transplanted" Fjgr units, or regular army? Which recoiless weapons did the units use, 75 or 105mm? Units' effectiveness?
I share your curiousity about their deployment at Kursk... I'm sure one of us can come up with something...

(later)
I can't even find much at all on the internet about these weapons in action. Found some general stuff (quoted from websites)...

the Germans perfected the method of diverting rearwards some of the high-velocity gas from the propellant charge in order to balance the recoil. These were all effective devices, limited principally by the low velocity which gave them a steep trajectory and an effective range against moving targets of around 100m.

Wheeled recoiless guns were developed for airborne use and came in many calibres such as the 75mm, 105mm and 150mm. They were widely used and made their first appearance in Crete in 1941.
The only dis-advantage of the recoilless gun was the huge muzzle flash and smoke plume during firing.

nothing specific though...

[ 27 August 2002, 11:56 AM: Message edited by: CrazyD88 ]

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