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The Schiessbecher (alternatively: ''Schießbecher'') - literally "shooting cup" - was a German
Miller, David "Fighting Men of World War II: Uniforms, Equipment and Weapons." Stackpole Books, 2007, . Retrieved March 30, 2010
The Schiessbecher (alternatively: ''Schießbecher'') - literally "shooting cup" - was a German grenade launcher
A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially-designed large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke or gas warhead. Today, the term generally refers to a class of dedicated firearms firing unitary grenade cartridges. The mo ...
of World War II.
A ''Gewehrgranatgerät'' ("rifle grenade device") based on rifle grenade
A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade were thrown by hand.
The practice of projecting grenades with rifle-mounted launchers was first widely used dur ...
launcher models designed during World War I it fitted to the end of a rifle, the grenade being propelled by a special rifle cartridge. The ''Schiessbecher'' was introduced in 1942 and intended to replace all previous rifle grenade launcher models in use by German armed forces.
The ''Schiessbecher'' rifle grenade launcher could be used against infantry, fortifications and light armored vehicles up to a range of . For these differing tasks several specialized grenades with accompanying special propelling cartridges were developed for the ''Schiessbecher''. The rifle grenade propelling cartridges fired a wooden projectile through the barrel to the rifle grenade that upon impact automatically primed the rifle grenade.
The ''Schiessbecher'' had a short rifled barrel with a caliber
In guns, particularly firearms, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel bore – regardless of how or where the bore is measured and whether the finished bore matc ...
of and a length of . It weighed and could be attached to weapons chambered for 7.92mm Mauser ammunition like the Karabiner 98k
The Karabiner 98 kurz (; " carbine 98 short"), often abbreviated Karabiner 98k, Kar98k or K98k and also sometimes incorrectly referred to as a K98 (a K98 is a Polish carbine and copy of the Kar98a), is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92× ...
, Karabiner 98a and G98/40 version of the Hungarian 35M bolt-action rifles or the FG 42
The FG 42 (German: ''Fallschirmjägergewehr'' 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective-fire 7.92×57mm Mauser automatic rifle produced in Nazi Germany during World War II. The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the ''Fallschirm ...
automatic rifle
A rather complicated aiming device was mounted to the left of the original sights and allowed for aiming ranges from 0 of up to in increments.
The ''Schiessbecher'' was produced until May 1944. The total production was 1,450,114.Miller, David "Fighting Men of World War II: Uniforms, Equipment and Weapons." Stackpole Books, 2007, . Retrieved March 30, 2010
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