clean excess lubricant and dirt from the moving components.swab the barrel bore dry of rifle lubricant.Use every available minute before battle and during the lulls in battle to prepare yourself and your rifle for accomplishment of the next mission: Requirements and actions of the antitank rifle crew Preserve your rounds and use them primarily for firing at tanks and armored vehicles! The modest dimensions, ease of carry and camouflage, and precision and accuracy of firing all impart high combat qualities to the rifle. The weight of the rifle: self-loading – 20.3 kg (44.7 lb.) single-shot – 16 kg (35.2 lb.). The armor-piercing incendiary projectile, if it strikes a vulnerable spot, is capable of disabling or setting on fire any enemy tank (armored vehicle).
The best results of firing are obtained at ranges of 300-400 meters and closer. The maximum effective range of firing with the self-loading rifle (PTRS) is 1500 meters, and of the single-shot rifle (PTRD) -1000 meters. The rate of fire of the self-loading rifle is 15 rounds per minute, and of the single-shot rifle 8-10 rounds per minute. TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE COMBAT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANTITANK RIFLE! In order to accomplish this task with honor, you must know your weapon to perfection, adroitly and cleverly employ it, skillfully employ the terrain, know the enemy’s strong and weak points, precisely execute the mission assigned to you by the commander, and operate in cooperation with your comrades. Original Source: GABTU KA, Unichtozhai fashistskie tanki iz protivotankogo ruzh’ia, Voenizdat NKO SSSR, 1942.Īs an antitank rifleman you have been handed by the Soviet people a powerful means for the destruction of fascist tanks-the antitank rifle. Main Armored Car and Tank Directorate of the Red Army, “Destroy fascist tanks with the antitank rifle”, Voenizdat of the NKO USSR, 1942.
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