Degtyarev PTRD-41
Official wording
Degtyarev PTRD 1941, cal. 14.5mm, anti-tank rifle.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1941–1944.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
Russia (U.S.S.R.)Basis: outside reference ¹- Manufacturer
- Kovrov & other Soviet plantsBasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- BoltBasis: outside reference ²
- Caliber
- 14.5×114mmBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1941–1944production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ³
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 83 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “PTRD-41” ↗, country: infobox origin Soviet Union; manufacturer Degtyaryov plant.
- 2. Wikipedia, “PTRD-41” ↗, action: infobox action bolt-action, short recoil (single shot).
- 3. Wikipedia, “PTRD-41” ↗, years: infobox production date 1941–1944 (293,164 made).
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1941–1945 → 1941–1944. Wikipedia (PTRD-41) gives production 1941–1944
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “PTRD rifle at Great Patriotic War museum in Smolensk.jpg” by Vitaly V. Kuzmin, CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “PTRD-41”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The PTRD-41 (Russian: Противотанковое однозарядное ружьё образца 1941 года системы Дегтярёва, romanized: Protivotankovoye odnozaryadnoye ruzhyo obraztsa 1941 goda sistemy Degtyaryova, lit. 'Anti-tank single-shot gun pattern 1941, Degtyaryov system') is an anti-tank rifle that was produced and used from 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It is a single-shot weapon which fires the 14.5×114 mm round, which was able to penetrate German tanks such as the Panzer III and early models of the Panzer IV. Although unable to penetrate the frontal armor of late-war German tanks, it could penetrate their thinner side and top armor at close ranges as well as thinly armored self-propelled guns and half-tracks.