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Panzerfaust end cap opinions please

botcheg

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Hello All,
This was for sale on ebay. Do you think it is actually for the Panzerfaust or something else ? You can see in the last image it appears to fit but, to me, it appears rather flat on the end face and side. Period pictures and some cutaway diagrams seem to show some depth on the end as if the edge is more rounded over . The side also shows a bit of a groove in the old images but that could be a bead roller impression from sealing the cap onto the Faust.
Thanks for any remarks you might have.
Regards,
Bill
 

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Panzerfaust had a transit cap at rear end. Manual says that it must be removed before launching. I have in one of mine a short metal cap wich fits nicely in tube. Most likely they were made of cardboard as well. However both cardboard- and metal caps usually should have some markings. Mine metal has no markings as well.
Panzerfaust markings are not stamped on metal but inks stamps instead.
You cap looks like what the manual poor pictures show.
 
Panzerfaust had a transit cap at rear end. Manual says that it must be removed before launching. I have in one of mine a short metal cap wich fits nicely in tube. Most likely they were made of cardboard as well. However both cardboard- and metal caps usually should have some markings. Mine metal has no markings as well.
Panzerfaust markings are not stamped on metal but inks stamps instead.
You cap looks like what the manual poor pictures show.
Thank you for your reply Tmine. Is this for the world war 2 Panzerfaust ? The only metal caps I have seen are covering the wood tail of the grenade.
The paper instructions on the grenade head say "Die Pappkappe am Rohrende bleibt beim Abschuss aufgesetzt". My translator says "The cardboard cap at the tube end remains attached at the launch" It stays on and is blown off by the backblast.
Attached is a picture of captured Pfausts piled up for destruction. All of the end caps show a rolled edge/recessed end cover.
Regards,
Bill
 

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