C&R · III · 042

Granatbüchse 39 (GrB 39)

Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 24 ↗

German, anti-tank rifle, cal. 7.92mm, Gr 39, Granatebuchse, with 27mm grenade launcher cup.

ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with 27mm grenade launcher cup”
INFOATF states no date; production was about 1942–1945.

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 24 ↗ · ATF original ↗

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Verbatim check

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Editorial facts

Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence

References

1. Wikipedia, “Panzerbüchse 39” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): GrB 39 section: "Starting in 1942, remaining PzB 39 rifles were rebuilt... designation Granatbüchse Modell 39 (GrB 39) and remained in use until the end of the war"; 1945 end is our estimate

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

None

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-292-1262-07, Nordfrankreich, Soldat mit Panzerbüchse.jpg” by Teschendorf, CC BY-SA 3.0 de. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Panzerbüchse 39”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Panzerbüchse 39, abbreviated PzB 39, was a German anti-tank rifle used in World War II. It was an improvement of the Panzerbüchse 38 rifle.