WW2 Haft-Hohlladung

This time, we present the Haft-Hohlladung model, an infantry anti-tank weapon used by the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Its design concept was straightforward: using powerful magnets to firmly attach an explosive charge to a tank's armor, then detonating it, and using the metal jet produced by the shaped charge effect to penetrate the armor. Since the German army itself was equipped with this weapon, they were very concerned that the Allies would copy it and use it against their own tanks. Anticipating this, the German army specifically developed an anti-magnetic coating called Zimmerit, which was applied to the surface of tanks (such as Tiger and Panther models) to prevent magnetic mines from attaching. Ironically, throughout World War II, the Allies never widely used magnetic anti-tank weapons. The anti-magnetic armor that the German army spent time and effort applying proved to be a defense for naught. By 1944, with the proliferation of anti-tank rocket launchers like the Panzerfaust, which allowed soldiers to fire from a safer distance, the superior HHL magnetic mine was gradually phased out of production.