The Panzerfaust was a hand-held German anti-tank weapon with a hollow-charge/shaped-charge warhead. It is quite known due its shape and name, but the question is, how effective was it actually? This video describe the basics working of the Panzerfaust and also looks at the kill numbers and compares them with other close combat weapons, like the Panzerschreck and anti-tank guns (PaK). »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de » All books from MHG: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mhg/ »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS « facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ twitter: https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized tumblr: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » SOURCES « Hahn, Fritz: Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933-1945 Fleischer, Wolfgang: Panzerfaust and other German Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons Germany and the Second World War. Volume V / 2. Das Deutsche Reich & der Zweite Weltkrieg. Band 5 / 2. Various links http://soc.history.war.world-war-ii.narkive.com/q94tz3nE/how-bad-were-panzerfaust-hits http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/world-firearms/panzerfaust-help-323177-4/ https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics.php?paction=showTopicSeg&topic_id=18&seg_id=299 http://tankarchives.blogspot.co.at/2014/06/panzerfaust-protection.html http://tankarchives.blogspot.co.at/2014/10/effectiveness-of-german-infantry-anti.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoilless_rifle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerfaust » TOOL CHAIN « PowerPoint 2016, Word, Excel, Tile Mill, QGIS, Processing 3, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate. » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone