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Schiessbecher
Schießbecher
The Gewehrgranatengerät ("rifle grenade device"), also known as Schießbecher ("shooting cup," note that it is spelled with an "ie" instead of "ei", which means something much more unfortunate), was a WWII-era German rifle grenade launcher. It had a rifled barrel that could be attached to the muzzle of Kar98k, FG 42, StG 44 and several other German rifles. The Gewehr 43 could not be equipped with grenade launchers. Due to the simplified design of the barrel muzzle. It had no bayonet mount or thread on the barrel, which made it impossible to mount grenade launchers. Many games use the fact that this was a very popular weapon from World War II and despite its design impossibility, a grenade launcher appears in the game anyway. The launcher fired 30mm grenades with 250mm length.
The types of grenades that can be fired from the Schießbecher include:
- Gewehr-Panzergranate: Shaped charge anti-armor
- Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate: Improved shaped charge anti-armor
- Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61: High-powered shaped charge anti-armor
- Gewehr-Sprenggranate: High-explosive antipersonnel
- Propaganda-Gewehrgranate: Fires leaflets for propaganda purposes
Specifications
(Production: 1942 – 1944)
- Type: Rifle grenade launcher
- Country of Origin: Nazi Germany
- Caliber: 30mm
- Cartridge: G.Sprgr.30 / G.Pzgr.30 / gr.G.Pzgr / G.Pzgr.46 / G.Pzgr.61 / Gw.B.Gr.42
- Weight: 1.7 lbs (0.8 kg)
- Length: 9.8 in (25 cm)
- Barrel length: ??
- Capacity: 1
- Fire Modes: Single-shot
The Schießbecher and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enemy at the Gates | A German soldier | Mounted on Kar98k | 2001 | |
| Dnieper Line: Love and War | A German soldier | Mounted on Kar98k | 2009 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World War II Online: Battleground Europe | Used with Kar 98 | 2001 - 2013 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | Added in Breakthrough expansion pack | 2002 | ||
| Battlefield: 1942 | Added in Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII expansion pack | 2002 | ||
| Day of Defeat: Source | 2005 | |||
| Call of Duty 3 | Used with Kar 98 | 2006 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Airborne | Used with Kar 98 and Gewehr 43 | 2007 | ||
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "Gewehrgranatengerät" | Used with Kar 98 | 2007 | |
| Call of Duty: World at War | Used with Kar 98 and Gewehr 43 | 2008 | ||
| Wolfenstein | Used with MP 40, MP 43 (in concept art only), and Kar 98, incorrectly depicted as a suppressor | 2009 | ||
| Company of Heroes 2 | Used with Mosin Nagant M91/30 and Kar98k | 2013 | ||
| Day of Infamy | Used with Kar 98 | 2016 | ||
| Call of Duty: WWII | Added in 2018 update | 2017 | ||
| Squad 44: Letters From The Front | Used with Kar 98k | 2018 | ||
| Enlisted | mounted on Kar98k | 2021 | ||
| mounted on FG 42/I | ||||
| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | mounted on Kar98k | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Japanese Capital Police officer | Mounted on a Kar98k | 1998 |
Gewehr-Granatwerfer 40
The "Gewehr-Granatwerfer 40" grenade launcher/adapter was designed because the "Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40" grenade did not fit into the "Schießbecher" grenade launcher/adapter. Only this one grenade was made for this grenade launcher. The Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 or GGP/40 for short was a shaped charge rifle grenade used by German forces during the Second World War. It was originally developed for Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger units to provide them with a light and portable anti-tank weapon. Using own spigot type launcher. Unlike the rifle grenades used by the army the GGP/40 did not fit inside the Schiessbecher but instead, it had a rubber gasket at the base and fit around the Schiessbecher and was held in place by a clip. The GGP/40 was propelled by a rifle cartridge that fired a hollow wooden bullet instead of a blank cartridge.
Specifications
(Production: 1942 – 1945)
- Type: Rifle grenade / Rifle grenade launcher
- Country of Origin: Nazi Germany
- Caliber: 40mm
- Cartridge: Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40
- Weight: 1.2 lbs (0.6 kg)
- Length: 9.3 in (23.6 cm)
- Barrel length: ??
- Capacity: 1
- Fire Modes: Single-shot
The Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40" | Added in v2.64 Compagnons (2024) | 2007 | |
| Enlisted | The Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 mounted on Karabiner 98k. | 2021 |