This unusual construction allows for extremely compact action, making the rifle very short, compared to other weapons of similar characteristics, but of conventional design. The PzB M.SS.41 antitank rifle was equipped with non-adjustable iron sights, mounted on folding bases and zeroed for 500 meters. Once the barrel is in its rearmost position, enclosing the fresh round in the chamber, it can be locked to the breech by turning the pistol grip down. Barrel then is pulled rearward, and upon this movement it picks up the fresh cartridge from the box magazine, which is attached to the stationary stock / cradle at the angle. Once the barrel is fully forward, the spent case is free to fall out of the gun. If the spent case is present in the gun, it remains stationary against the breech, held by extractor. Once barrel is unlocked from stationary breech, it can be pulled forward by pushing the pistol grip to the front. To open the breech, shooter first has to unlock the barrel from the breech by rotating barrel counter-clockwise this is done by turning the pistol grip, which is attached to the barrel, right and up. Unlike most other rifles, it has a stationary breech and sliding barrel, which is allowed to rotate and move forward and backward inside the stock / cradle. The PzB M.SS.41 antitank rifle is a manually operated, bolt action weapon. Like mentioned weapons, PzB M.SS.41 antitank rifle became obsolete by 1942.

In terms of combat effectiveness this rifle was similar to German PzB-38 and PzB-39 antitank rifles, although it was more compact and had faster rate of fire due to magazine feed.

This rare weapon bears the distinction of being the first small arm of bullpup (bull-pup) layout ever to be used by any military force (rifles of bullpup layout were experimentally built even before the WW1, but none reached service before M.SS.41). During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia small numbers of these antitank rifles were manufactured for Waffen SS. The antitank rifle, generally known as PzB M.SS.41, was developed in Czechoslovakia, at CZ factory in Brno. Armor penetration (Range / Angle / Penetration)ġ00 m / 90 o / 30 mm 300 m / 90 o / 20 mm

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