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The Russian infantry have the good weapons, there are especially many
anti-tank facilities:
sometimes it looks like every infant have an anti-tank rifle or an
anti-tank gun. The Russians very skilfully establish these weapons,
and it seems like there are no place without ones.
F.W. von Mellenthin, general of Vermaht
Soviet ATR aces:
| ATR aces of 6th Guards army, killed 7 tanks each. The names are unknown. | 
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Pvt. Fyodor G. Startzev - 15 tanks. KIA Jan 1943 Yablonko and Serdyukov together destroyed 22 tanks Sgt. Ivan Derevjanko - 10 tanks Pvt. Ilya Kaplunov (4th Guards rifle regiment) - 9 tanks. KIA 21.12.1942 Pvt. Semen Antipkin - 8 tanks + 1 plane Ivan Knjazev (310th Guards rifle regiment) - 67 AFVs, MGs, guns and mortars... Jr.sgt. Petr Boloto (33rd rifle division) - 8 tanks Sgt. Pavel Bannov (19th tank corps) - 8 tanks Sgt. Saveliy S. Oboldin (32nd mechanised brigade) - 4 tanks and 4 captured tanks + some tens soldiers [23.12.1944] Roman Semyonovich Smischuk - 6 tanks Mast.sgt. Kadi Abakarovich Abakarov (1054th rifle regiment) - 6 tanks Pvt. Blinov (98th Guards rifle division) - 6 tanks Malenkov (95th rifle division) - 6 tanks Pavel Yershov (24th Guards airbone regiment) - 6 tanks. KIA in Jan. 1944. Jr.sgt. Ivan Kondratiev (4th Guards airbone brigade) - 4 tanks + 2 armored cars + 3 cars [13-16.11.43] Pvt. Sabir Ahtyamov (4th Guards motorized brigade) - 4 tanks + 2 APCs + 2 cars [oct. 1944] Pvt. Vasiliy Kovtun (902nd rifle regiment) - 4 tanks + 1 APC + over 20 MGs + some soldiers Pvt. Alexander Logunov (490th rifle regiment) - 5 tanks [oct. 1944] + many soldiers |
| weight | length | clip capacity | caliber | bullet | muzzle speed | R.o.F. | penetration | ||
| PTRD | USSR | 17.3kg | 2.0m | - | 14.5mm | 63g | 1012m/s | 8..10 shot/m | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTRS | USSR | 20.9kg | 2108mm | 5 | 15 shot/m | ||||
| PzB 38 | Germany | 16.2kg | 1615mm | - | 7.69mm | 14.6g | 1175m/s | ||
| PzB 39 | Germany | 13kg | 1615mm | - | 8..10 shot/m | ||||
| SS-41 | Germany | 13.5kg | 1195mm | 10 | 7.69mm | 1219m/s | 22mm @ 200m | ||
| sPzB 41 | Germany | 229kg or 163kg | - | 28/20mm | 1402m/c | 12..15 shot/min | |||
| Boys | Britain | 16.3kg | 1614mm | 5 | 12.7mm | 980m/s | |||
| 17.4kg | 1626mm | 13.97mm | 900m/s | 9..10 shot/m | 16mm @ 500m | ||||
| Soloturn | 45kg | 1.8m | 5 | 20mm | 762m/s | 10 shot/m | 31mm @ 300m | ||
| 54.8kg | 10 | ||||||||
| Wz.35 | Poland | 10kg | 1760mm | 7.69mm | 13..14g | 1280m/s | 6 shot/m | ||
| Hotchkiss | French | ||||||||
| 97 | Japan | 50kg | 5 | 20mm | 950m/s | 15 shot/m | 30mm @ 200m | ||
| Lahti-39 | Finland | 51kg | 10 | 20mm | 825m/s | 15 shot/m | 30mm @ 175m |
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