China's panzerfaust, a really small RPG

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goldenpanda

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The source doesn't say but I assume they are bunker/tank sized targets. In the time to fly 50m a mobile target will not move by very much anyway.

The best thing about type 79 is it doesn't require great courage to fire it. You don't have to want to be a hero, only to survive from inside your trench.
 
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Ryz05

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ahho

Junior Member
it is probably created for those who weren't issued with grenade launcher.

just wondering pf-89 penetration at only 180 mm a bit low?? but it says at 65 degree so what is the penetration at 90 degree
 
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Skorzeny

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To me this looks like a terrible weapon.
1. Any non shoulder weapon is very unstable. Holding a weapon in straight arms gives a lot of movement in the weapon on a good day.
2. In combat you are tired, wet and freezing. You couldn`t hold anything steady that is not resting on your shoulders. Have you tried running up a hill with a bergen and then shooting pistols at 30m? Horrendous dispersion. This weapon will be worse.
3. I`d rather expose myself for two seconds and hit, than stay behind cover, miss and give away my position.
 
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goldenpanda

Banned Idiot
with a pistol you're trying to hit a person. a tank is what, 10 times the area? and why wouldn't I rest my arm against the wall or trench?

If the Soviet threat had remained, I wouldn't be surprised if the type 79 got fielded in massive numbers. But by 1980, Deng had already decided there would be no "big war" for 20 years, and put PLA budget on a 5% annual decline (after inflaction) for the next decade.
 
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zaky

Junior Member
I sustain my earlier viewpoint. A rifle grenade have better performance and probable have the same price if it not cheaper because have no rocket motor etc.
 
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Skorzeny

Junior Member
goldenpanda said:
with a pistol you're trying to hit a person. a tank is what, 10 times the area? and why wouldn't I rest my arm against the wall or trench?

If the Soviet threat had remained, I wouldn't be surprised if the type 79 got fielded in massive numbers. But by 1980, Deng had already decided there would be no "big war" for 20 years, and put PLA budget on a 5% annual decline (after inflaction) for the next decade.
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Who says that there is a trench or wall to rest your hand against? Do you see the whole tank? war isn`t under ideal conditions. Making the weapon 15cm longer and letting you rest it on your shoulder multiplies its effectivness.

Also I said pistol on 30m. Since a pistol is probably easier to aim (holding it on the centerline) and shorter distance, the rocket launcher should infact be harder.
 
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