- The
Nahverteidigungswaffe was a roof mounted, breech-loaded,
single shot, multi-purpose, 360°
rotating grenade launcher that
could fire a
variety of ammunition...
- such use. For
example a late
production Tiger I
manual shows the
Nahverteidigungswaffe being used as a
firing port. Some
pistol ports, such as on the Sherman...
- Nebelkerzenabwurfvorrichtung, Nebelwurfgerät,
Minenabwurfvorrichtung and
Nahverteidigungswaffe. Most
grenade launchers are
flexible in
terms of the
types of ammunition...
-
after June 1943 and this
device was
eventually supplanted by the
Nahverteidigungswaffe. Sd.Kfz. 234
equipped with the Nebelwurfgerät
Panzer II "Luchs"...
-
close combat armament was
later addressed with the
addition of a
Nahverteidigungswaffe (short-range
defensive ordnance)
mounted in the
turret roof, a 7...
- As ****ure
plans were
being made to
install the 360°
traversable Nahverteidigungswaffe,
fired from the
interior of the turret, the Minenabwurfvorrichtung...
-
carrier was completed.
Located at the rear of the
loading hatch was a
Nahverteidigungswaffe launcher which was used for
close defence against infantry in addition...
- were
removed in
October 1943 and
replaced in
March 1944 by the
Nahverteidigungswaffe or "close
defense weapon" (full
deployment was dela**** due to production...
-
painted with a Balkenkreuz. Nebelwurfgerät
Minenabwurfvorrichtung Nahverteidigungswaffe Jentz 2006, p. 60.
Perrett 1999, p. 17.
Zaloga 2016, p. 32. Jentz...
- discontinued, and a
mount in the
turret roof,
designed for the
Nahverteidigungswaffe, was
plugged by a
circular armoured plate due to
initial production...
