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Schießbecher

Schießbecher rifle grenade launcher for the Kar98k - 30x250mm
Schießbecher rifle grenade launcher for the FG 42 - 30x250mm

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 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-Granatpatrone 40

Rifle grenade launcher: "Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40"
Rifle grenade: "Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40"

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. The GGP/40 was not fired from the same Schiessbecher used by the army, instead using its 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

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