Based on a Hungarian design, several hundred of this portable anti-tank weapon was manufactured in Hungary during 1944. Its caliber was 60mm, somewhat narrower than its German counterpart’s, and its practical range was around 150 meters. 

Hungarian Bazooka / Panzerschreck / Panceltoro

Assigned to individual soldiers, as shown in the field above, it was used in ground combat against enemy armor mainly in the defense of Budapest during late 1944 and early 1945.

Bazooka / Panzerschreck / Panceltoro in the Field

Soviet military might prompted small Hungary to research and develop her own advanced weapons systems, in addition to relying on German technological accomplishments. Putting to military use its electronics and chemical industry, Budapest launched a rocket-building program around 1943. A successful result was the rocket system “Buzoganyveto” or Mace Launcher, so named due to the projectile’s shape. It was primarily an anti-tank rocket and approximately 700 were manufactured during 1944.

