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Title:	RIFLE, ANTITANK -  GERMAN ANTITANK RIFLE MODEL 1941 (PzB 41) 7.92/13MM SN# 1422
Maker/Manufacturer:	RHEINMETALL-BORSIG
Date of Manufacture:	1941
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 840
Measurements:	OL:126.3CM 49 3/4" BL: 93.9CM 37"

Object Description:

GERMAN ANTITANK RIFLE MODEL 1941 (PzB 41) 7.92/13MM SN# 1422
Manufactured by Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka, Brno, Czechoslovkia - Czechoslovakian built A/T rifle used by SS troops. Squared muzzle brake, leather carry handle, and ventilated metal handguard. Bipod and magazine missing otherwise complete and in good condition.

Markings:
Receiver: 1422, CZ trademark, gov't proofs, M. 41, Waffenamt ZZA2.
Receiver cover: 1422 7.90 (bore diam.) Inspector marks.
Barrel: Inspector marks.

Weapon found in one of "29 Boxes of Miscellaneous Foreign Weapons as received from New York Port of Embarkation on 6 March 1946, per SA OOO.4/17 and 28. Note: Itemized list showing quantities and descriptions of indiviudal weapons to be attached and made part of this voucher promptly upon completion of checking in of weapons in Experimental-Laboratory, Building No. 28. Weapon to retained in Experimental-Laboratory for an indefinite period for examination and study per Mr. P.W. Oliver, 11 March 1946, after which they will be regreased and boxed suitable for storage and place with other Museum Material in Building #19 pending reopening of the Armory Museum."
Weapon transferred to the Museum on 17 November 1950.