C&R · IV · 101
RPzB 43 rocket launcher
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 84 ↗
German, Raketenpanzerbuchse 43 (8.8 cm, RPzB 43), German Model 43, 88mm Rocket Launcher.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1943–1945.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 84 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Panzerschreck” ↗, action: 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher (electrically primed rockets): Other
- 2. Wikipedia, “Panzerschreck” ↗, years (estimate: range of the base model)
- 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 passEditorial confidence: High → Medium. No RPzB 43-specific production dates
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-671-7483-29, Reichsgebiet, Soldat mit Panzerabwehrwaffe.jpg” by Lysiak, CC BY-SA 3.0 de. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Panzerschreck”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
Panzerschreck was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse 54, an 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany in World War II. Another earlier, official name was Ofenrohr.