page_title: PTRD-41
hierarchical_section_title: PTRD-41
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Расчёт советского противотанкового ружья ПТРД-41 на позиции во время битвы за Москву. Московская область, зима 1941 — 1942 гг. Источник: Государственный Зеленоградский историко-краеведческий музей.
context_page_description: The PTRD-41 was an anti-tank rifle produced and used from early 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It was a single-shot weapon which fired a 14.5×114mm round. Although unable to penetrate the frontal armor of German tanks, it could penetrate the thinner sides of early-war German tanks as well as thinly armored self-propelled guns.
context_section_description: The PTRD-41 (Shortened from Russian, ProtivoTankovoye Ruzhyo Degtyaryova; Противотанковое однозарядное ружьё системы Дегтярёва образца 1941 года; "Degtyaryov Single Shot Anti-Tank Weapon System Model of 1941") was an anti-tank rifle produced and used from early 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It was a single-shot weapon which fired a 14.5×114mm round. Although unable to penetrate the frontal armor of German tanks, it could penetrate the thinner sides of early-war German tanks as  well as thinly armored self-propelled guns.
caption: Soviet soldiers with PTRD-41 defending Moscow, 1942
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