PAPI-(Proyectil Anti-Tanque Para Infantería

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In the immediate post-war years, the Argentine DGFM developed. the PAPI rocket launcher, based on a Swedish. anti-tank weapon Pansarskott m/45 and pansarskott m/46, developed. from the Panzerfaust.

 

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Nice pictures. Do we know if its tested performance was substantially different from its inspirations?

 

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Thanks:
Length: 1,07 meters
Length of tube: 850 mm.
Length of warhead: 475 mm
Weight: 4,49 kg.
Weight of projectile" 2,17 kg.
Weight: explosive charge: 900 grams
Armor piercing capability:
armored plates: up to 207 mm (slightly over 8 inches)
Tactical range: 80 m
DGFM produced over 4.000 PAPIs, which remained in use until the late 1960s. Here's a pic on the 1at.Argentine Marine Infantry Regiment "El Puma: with SAFN 49s and PAPIs c. 1957.Don't know what happened to my original photo, without the water mark

 

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PAPI anti-tank rocket launchers preserved at the Muséo de Armas de la Nación, in Buenos Aires.