tried it out and seriously, they’re horrible.
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reminds me of GRB 39
Is not the sigth is the gun, it fire only for 30m
I’m just curious why do they call it the Ofenrohr and not the Panzerschreck?
Is the Ofenrohr the name of the first variant and the later models were called Panzerschrecks?
Ofenrohr was a nickname for the first iteration of the panzerschreck. It lacked it’s iconic shield and looked like a stove pipe (in german: ofenrohr).
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IIRC, Ofenrohr is a nickname for the the original Panzershrek that did not have a blast shield, similar to what “Bazooka” was for the M1. Ofenrohr translated to “stove pipe” as the Panzershrek without the blast shield reminded them of a stove pipe, similar to how the M1 reminded the Americans of the Bazooka musical instrument. However, the reason the Germans stopped using the Ofenrohr name was because when they added the blast shield, it stopped looking so much like a stove pipe while the M1 all the way to the M20 was similar enough to a Bazooka to warrant the name sticking.
Also, this is what a bazooka musical instrument looks like in case you got confused:
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I think the panzerfaust resembles that more.
Well the thing is, the instrument was only really popular in the Americas during the 30s, so the Germans would have never even known about it when they were producing the Panzerfausts. Also, the netted flaring at the end of the M1 Bazooka could also resemble the cone at the end of the instrument.
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I like the nicknames of various weapons in different languages.
Couple of Soviet/Russian ones that I’ve heard:
IL-2 – Ilyukha/Ilyusha (endearing variant of the name Ilya; the designer’s name Ilyushing is a derivative of the name);
ZIS-3 – Zosya (female name);
SVT-40 – Sveta (endearing from Svetlana, female name);
FW 189 Uhu – Rama (lit. frame, due to the shape).
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