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Simonov PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle

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. 87 ↗

Simonov PTRS 1941, cal. 14.5mm, anti-tank rifle.

ATF lists cal. 14.5mm; this is the 14.5×114mm cartridge.

INFOATF states no date; production was about 1941–1945.
INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 87 ↗ · ATF original ↗

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Verbatim check

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Editorial facts

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

References

1. Wikipedia, “PTRS-41” ↗, country: infobox origin Soviet Union
2. Wikipedia, “PTRS-41” ↗, action: gas-operated, short-stroke piston semi-automatic anti-tank rifle
3. Wikipedia, “PTRS-41” ↗, years: infobox production date 1941–1945; Russian Wikipedia gives 1941–1944 (178,562 made); y covers both

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, “PTRS 41.jpg” by Stefan Kühn, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “PTRS-41”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

The PTRS-41 is a World War II-era semi-automatic anti-tank rifle firing the 14.5×114mm cartridge.