Anti tank weapons

Hi.

There were some questions regarding the following japanese experimental at-weapon in the last year.



Now I found some additional infomations:

The weapon was something between a Panzerfaust and a bazooka. the grenade was loaded from the front and the warhead was positioned outside the barrel. The barrel could be reloaded. The penetration was 120 mm welded steel between 90° and 45°. The grenade was fired by current.



During trials two versions with different position of the firing mechanism were tested and also 5 different grenades with propellant weights of 30, 35 and 100 g.





Data:

weapon:
name: type 5 45 mm experimental recoilless anti tank gun



caliber: 45 mm
total length:1000 mm
weight: 6400 g
maximum range: 150 m
effective range: 50 m
minimum range: 30 m


ammunition:
name: type 5 hollow charge grenade



diameter warhead: 80 mm
diameter propellant capsule: 44 mm
total length: 849,5 mm
length of warhead: 149,5 mm
length of propellant capsule: 180 mm
weight of warhead: 2300 g
explosive weight: 675 g
propellant weight: 120 g
muzzle velocity: 40 m/sec


Yours

tom!