Organization and Employment
sPzB 41 was used by some motorized divisions and by some Jäger (light infantry), Gebirgsjäger (mountain) and Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units. Some guns were supplied to anti-tank and sapper units. The weapon was employed on the Eastern Front from the beginning of the hostilities (on 1 June Wehrmacht possessed 183 pieces) until the end of the war and also saw combat in the North African Campaign and on the Western Front in 1944–1945.
Short-range shots from sPzB 41 could penetrate most World War II armour; a lucky shot could even damage heavy tanks such as KV-1 and IS-2 (at least in one instance a projectile penetrated the lower front plate of the latter).
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