General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: mthrockmor on January 21, 2019, 12:42:06 PM
Title: Soviet RPG-7 is a knockoff of Nazi Panzerfaust 150
Post by: mthrockmor on January 21, 2019, 12:42:06 PM
We know the Soviets stole the German Assault Rifle to make their AK-47. They stole the Panzerfaust 150 as well.
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Title: Re: Soviet RPG-7 is a knockoff of Nazi Panzerfaust 150
Post by: perdue3 on January 21, 2019, 04:20:00 PM
Do you mean the PzF 44?
Title: Re: Soviet RPG-7 is a knockoff of Nazi Panzerfaust 150
Post by: OldNitro on January 21, 2019, 04:37:55 PM
Yeah so??? :headscratch:
Title: Re: Soviet RPG-7 is a knockoff of Nazi Panzerfaust 150
Post by: Zimme83 on January 22, 2019, 04:27:53 AM
RPG-7 entered service before the PzF44 and is a development from the RPG-2, which was pretty much a combination of the Bazooka and the Panzerfaust 150. Firing a rocket out of a tube is pretty much the simplest weapon you can build so of course they all are going to look and work very similar. And having the rocket in the front allows you to have a bigger warhead without needing a bigger and heavier tube.
Title: Re: Soviet RPG-7 is a knockoff of Nazi Panzerfaust 150
Post by: Greebo on January 22, 2019, 09:36:04 AM
Of course no one else copied German technology at the end of the war, just the Russians.....
Title: Re: Soviet RPG-7 is a knockoff of Nazi Panzerfaust 150
Post by: Skuzzy on January 22, 2019, 09:57:27 AM
I'd think the guys on this forum wouldn't fall for that "The guns look the same so they must be the same" nonsense, but apparently not.
The action of the AK-47 is completely different.
Yes, but that is akin to saying early jets are nothing like the Me 262 or that the engines of early jets are not similar to German jet engines of WWII. Influence and inspiration does not have to be evident throughout and become an exact copy. Think of the Hittite versus the Egyptian chariot. The Egyptian chariot may not be an exact copy, but an improved copy of the Hittite chariot. The influence and inspiration is quite obvious, the Egyptians just made a better one.
Title: Re: Soviet RPG-7 is a knockoff of Nazi Panzerfaust 150
Post by: Shuffler on January 23, 2019, 01:14:32 PM
Yeah and the chariots before that had the wheels facing east/west. So there's that.
Title: Re: Soviet RPG-7 is a knockoff of Nazi Panzerfaust 150
Post by: OldNitro on January 23, 2019, 01:28:00 PM
AK identical to a STG44, of course not..
But the concept of the intermediate rifle cartridge, MP43 to SKS45, was adopted pretty dern quick!
Title: Re: Soviet RPG-7 is a knockoff of Nazi Panzerfaust 150
Post by: perdue3 on January 23, 2019, 01:38:43 PM