

The weapon was shoulder-launched and fired a fin-stabilized rocket with a shaped-charge warhead. The Panzerschreck was designed as a lightweight infantry anti-tank weapon and was an enlarged copy of the American Bazooka.

Another earlier, official name was Ofenrohr ("stove pipe"). "tank fright", "tank's fright" or "tank's bane") was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 ("Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54", abbreviated to RPzB 54), an 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany in World War II. The improved Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 with blast shield.ġ1 kilograms (24 lb) empty (RPzB 54) with shield
