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.



Hungarian AT Rocket Launcher or “Buzoganyveto”

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

This new weapon was crafted to fire a sequence of six rockets equipped with high explosive heads. Based on a German design, it was employed by Hungarian forces partially in response to the successful Soviet truck-mounted multiple rocket launchers called Katyusa, nicknamed by Axis forces as the “Stalin Organs,” in reference to their resemblance of the musical instrument. The Hungarian Sorozatveto first saw action in Galicia during 1943 and later in Hungary during 1944-1945, as shown in the photo above. 