The overly complicated Nazi anti-tank rifle: The Panzerbüchse 38
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Anti-tank rifles are complex, but this one is especially so. Jonathan Ferguson looks at an early model of the Panzerbüchse that was ultimately superseded. The Panzerbüchse 38 anti-tank rifle.
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