Yugoslavian Panzerfaust - The M57 Infantry Antitank Weapon

[tube8]

YugoM57Panzerfaust (1).jpgYugoM57Panzerfaust (2).jpgYugoM57Panzerfaust (3).jpgYugoM57Panzerfaust (4).jpgYugoM57Panzerfaust (5).jpgYugoM57Panzerfaust (6).jpgExxtremly hard to find.
I got it in Slowenia last week.

First time I have got as inert baby, regulär only practice.

Fuce is missing.Directly destroyed from factory which inert the ammo.YugoM57Panzerfaust (6).jpg

[VuleM]

Exxtremly hard to find.

only needs to look for the right place

[US-Subs]

I've wondered for a long time if this could be an early version of the M57 - thoughts anyone?

[MissingSomething]

Thats very nice... All I have been able to find so far is a US military rubber training aid for mine... would love to fine a set in a crate like VuleM

[AK-47]

US-Subs, yours is a training mine made out of wood for use in M49, an early version of the yugoslav mine launcher, before the RB 57 came in use.
I would like to correct, this is not a rocket, RB was a hand mortar, RB- "ručni bacač".

Bye, Jure.

[HAZORD]

AK-47, Jure

Is the M57 still considered a "Hand Mortar", or is it now considered a rocket or rocket propelled grenade?

[APFSDST]

VuleM, but those are sub-cal training devices.
In my opinion the live version (inert) grenade is rarer.

[AK-47]

In all the books about it, it is described as a hand mortar, also if we look at the first picture, you will see "barutno punjenje", a special tube made out of cardboard, filled with propellent, wich pushed the mine out of the barrel, there was no rocket filling or anything...just a shot.
Vule, yours are model 56 mines, used for training, nice set, also with cleaning rodes for cleaning the inside barrel of mines.
There were 3 types of mines used in JNA, live one (model 57), training (model 56) and an inert mine, used in school (šolska), wich was in light blue color.

Bye, Jure.

[VuleM]

Iand an inert mine, used in school (šolska), wich was in light blue color.

Here is one

[botcheg]

Here's a site that shows the launcher naked. . . . The WEAPON, NOT the guy who fired it !!!!!! : )

http://warrelics.eu/forum/firearms-o...ng-else-13550/