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 == Usage in battles ==
-Because of its high velocity shot, low shot drop, and high penetration, this cannon is best used as a sort of sniper rifle, hiding in cover and picking off enemies at a distance. However, since it can only fire APCR, its penetration greatly suffers against angled armor, and its post penetration damage is limited, so you must aim for modules such as crew and ammunition.
+<!-- ''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.'' -->
 === Pros and cons ===
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 * High velocity
 * Good rate of fire
 '''Cons:'''
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 * Bad performance against highly angled armor
 * Not as much post-penetration damage as others
 == History ==

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 == Usage in battles ==
-''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
+Because of its high velocity shot, low shot drop, and high penetration, this cannon is best used as a sort of sniper rifle, hiding in cover and picking off enemies at a distance. However, since it can only fire APCR, its penetration greatly suffers against angled armor, and its post penetration damage is limited, so you must aim for modules such as crew and ammunition.
 === Pros and cons ===
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 '''Pros:'''
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 '''Cons:'''
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 The concept of a squeeze-bore weapon began in the early 20th century under the proposal of German professor Karl Puff. This materialized into a weapon after World War I by Hermann Gerlich. The design used a conical shell in a barrel that had a narrowing calibre width to "squeeze" the shell to make the most of the propellent energy behind the shell. This resulted in extremely high muzzle velocities, which broke records at the time, but the downside to the design was the high production cost and complexity of producing the barrel design, and the short barrel life due to the stresses involved.<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41">Samsonov 2016</ref>
-After Gerlich's death in 1934, his designs were picked up by Mauser who continued work on the squeeze-bore weapon. Mauser engineers at Obendorf developed a 28/20 mm weapon in 1939, which was designated the ''Gerät 231'' or ''MK.8202''. This was further developed and trialled in the Summer of 1940 by the Wehrmacht. The weapon was eventually accepted into service in 1941 as the '''2,8 cm schwere Panzerbüchse 41''', or shortened as '''s.Pz.B.41'''.<ref name="LoneSentry_SPzB41">Lone Sentry 2016</ref> Production of the weapon by Mauser ran between 1940-1943 with a total of 2,782 units produced, with a unit price of around 4,500 Reichsmarks each.<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41"/>
+After Gerlich's death in 1934, his designs were picked up by Mauser who continued work on the squeeze-bore weapon. Mauser engineers at Obendorf developed a 28/20 mm weapon in 1939, which was designated the ''Gerät 231'' or ''MK.8202''. This was further developed and trialled in the Summer of 1940 by the Wehrmacht. The weapon was eventually accepted into service in 1941 as the '''2,8 cm schwere Panzerbüchse 41''', or shortened as '''s.Pz.B.41'''.<ref name="LoneSentry_SPzB41">Lone Sentry 2016</ref> Production of the weapon by Mauser ran between 1940-1943 with a total of 2,782 units produced, with a unit price of around 4,500 Reichsmarks each.<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41" />
 [[File:HistoricImage IWM-E-9090 S.Pz.B.41 (28-20 mm).jpg|x250px|thumb|right|A captured s.Pz.B.41 in the hands of an Englishmen during the North African campaign.]]
-The s.Pz.B.41's benefit was maintaining a high-velocity penetrating shell at a lighter weight than the [[PaK L/45 (37 mm)|37 mm PaK 36]], with the s.Pz.B.41 weighing 223 kg (~492 lb.) altogether,<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41"/> while the PaK 36 weighed roughly 400 kg (~880 lb.).<ref name="WarDept_PaK36">War Department 1943, pg.113-114</ref> The s.Pz.B.41 could also be disassembled and carried in a crew of five, further enhancing the weapon's mobility.
+The s.Pz.B.41's benefit was maintaining a high-velocity penetrating shell at a lighter weight than the [[PaK L/45 (37 mm)|37 mm PaK 36]], with the s.Pz.B.41 weighing 223 kg (~492 lb.) altogether,<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41" /> while the PaK 36 weighed roughly 400 kg (~880 lb.).<ref name="WarDept_PaK36">War Department 1943, pg.113-114</ref> The s.Pz.B.41 could also be disassembled and carried in a crew of five, further enhancing the weapon's mobility.
-The weapon proved useful in the Eastern Front as a weapon against the Soviet's new T-34 and KV-1 tank. Several were also sent to the North African theatre.<ref name="Zaloga2005">Zaloga 2005, pg.6-7</ref> However, the increasing armour on tanks eventually made the s.Pz.B.41 obsolete as a front-line anti-tank weapon by 1943. The s.Pz.B.41's armour-piercing shell being built from tungsten also complicated the weapon's longevity as the material became scarce in Germany.<ref name="LoneSentry_SPzB41"/> However, the weapon remained as a anti-materiel weapon against infantry fortifications and thin-skinned or lightly armoured vehicles.<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41"/>
+The weapon proved useful in the Eastern Front as a weapon against the Soviet's new T-34 and KV-1 tank. Several were also sent to the North African theatre.<ref name="Zaloga2005">Zaloga 2005, pg.6-7</ref> However, the increasing armour on tanks eventually made the s.Pz.B.41 obsolete as a front-line anti-tank weapon by 1943. The s.Pz.B.41's armour-piercing shell being built from tungsten also complicated the weapon's longevity as the material became scarce in Germany.<ref name="LoneSentry_SPzB41" /> However, the weapon remained as a anti-materiel weapon against infantry fortifications and thin-skinned or lightly armoured vehicles.<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41" />
-Captured samples of the s.Pz.B.41 by the Allies revived interest in development of tapered-bore designs on the American [[M3 (37 mm)|37 mm cannon]] and the British [[QF 2-pounder (40 mm)|2-pounder cannon]], with the overall goal of improving armour penetration on the same lightweight platforms. However, the design issues of short barrel life and complexity in manufacturing were never overcame, and so none of the experimental designs were accepted into US service.<ref name="Zaloga2005"/>
+Captured samples of the s.Pz.B.41 by the Allies revived interest in development of tapered-bore designs on the American [[M3 (37 mm)|37 mm cannon]] and the British [[QF 2-pounder (40 mm)|2-pounder cannon]], with the overall goal of improving armour penetration on the same lightweight platforms. However, the design issues of short barrel life and complexity in manufacturing were never overcame, and so none of the experimental designs were accepted into US service.<ref name="Zaloga2005" />
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.'' -->
 * [http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2016/08/schwere-panzerbuchse-41.html [Tank Archives<nowiki>]</nowiki> Schwere Panzerbüchse 41] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210525130840/http://www.tankarchives.ca/2016/08/schwere-panzerbuchse-41.html Web Archive])
 * [https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=1079 [Military Factory<nowiki>]</nowiki> Mauser 2.8cm schwere Panzerbuchse 41 (sPzB 41)] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210525130825/https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=1079 Web Archive])
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 ;Bibliography:
 * Lone Sentry. "'German Antitank Weapons' from ''Intelligence Bulletin'', November 1944." ''Lone Sentry'', n.d., [http://www.lonesentry.com/german_antitank/index.html Website] Accessed 25 May 2021 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20201118073317/http://www.lonesentry.com/german_antitank/index.html Archive]).
 * Military Intelligence Service: War Department, ''German Infantry Weapons''. Washington: United States War Department, 25 May 1943.

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+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|2.8/2cm Pzgr.41}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===

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 The 2.8/2 cm s.Pz.B.41 is hindered by the fact that it only has one type of ammunition available in-game, the Pzgr.41 APCR ammunition. However, the squeeze-bore principle does indeed propels the ammunition at an extremely high velocity of 1,400 m/s
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 ! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
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-| 2.8/2cm Pzgr.41 || APCR || 95 || 94 || 66 || 38 || 15 || 8
+| 2.8/2cm Pzgr.41 || APCR || 90 || 84 || 63 || 44 || 31 || 21
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 ! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
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-| 2.8/2cm Pzgr.41 || APCR || 1,400 || 0.14 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 66° || 70° || 72°
+| 2.8/2cm Pzgr.41 || APCR || 1,400 || 0.12 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 66° || 70° || 72°
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 [[File:HistoricImage IWM-E-9090 S.Pz.B.41 (28-20 mm).jpg|x250px|thumb|right|A captured S.Pz.B.41 in the hands of an Englishmen during the North African campaign.]]
-The s.Pz.B.41's benefit was maintaining a high-velocity penetrating shell at a lighter weight than the [[PaK L/45 (37 mm)|37 mm PaK 36]], with the s.Pz.B.41 weighing 223 kg (~492 lb.) altogether,<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41"/> while the PaK 36 weighed roughly 400 kg (~880 lb.).<ref name="WarDept_PaK36">War Department 1943, pg.113-114</ref>. The s.Pz.B.41 could also be disassembled and carried in a crew of five, further enhancing the weapon's mobility.
+The s.Pz.B.41's benefit was maintaining a high-velocity penetrating shell at a lighter weight than the [[PaK L/45 (37 mm)|37 mm PaK 36]], with the s.Pz.B.41 weighing 223 kg (~492 lb.) altogether,<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41"/> while the PaK 36 weighed roughly 400 kg (~880 lb.).<ref name="WarDept_PaK36">War Department 1943, pg.113-114</ref> The s.Pz.B.41 could also be disassembled and carried in a crew of five, further enhancing the weapon's mobility.
 The weapon proved useful in the Eastern Front as a weapon against the Soviet's new T-34 and KV-1 tank. Several were also sent to the North African theater.<ref name="Zaloga2005">Zaloga 2005, pg.6-7</ref> However, the increasing armour on tanks eventually made the s.Pz.B.41 obsolete as a front-line anti-tank weapon by 1943. The s.Pz.B.41's armour-piercing shell being built from tungsten also complicated the weapon's longevity as the material became scarce in Germany.<ref name="LoneSentry_SPzB41"/> However, the weapon remained as a anti-materiel weapon against infantry fortifications and thin-skinned or lightly armoured vehicles.<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41"/>

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 <!--Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.-->
 As of Update 1.87, the S.Pz.B.41 is a one-of-a-kind squeeze-bore weapon in the game that presents high velocity and penetration for the calibre.
 A similar weapon that retains a "lightweight" construction and small-calibre shell is the Italian [[Fucile Controcarri S Mod.39 (20 mm)|Fucile Controcarri S Mod.39]] anti-tank rifle inside the [[L3/33 CC]].
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 After Gerlich's death in 1934, his designs were picked up by Mauser who continued work on the squeeze-bore weapon. Mauser engineers at Obendorf developed a 28/20 mm weapon in 1939, which was designated the ''Gerät 231'' or ''MK.8202''. This was further developed and trialed in the Summer of 1940 by the Wehrmacht. The weapon was eventually accepted into service in 1941 as the '''2,8 cm schwere Panzerbüchse 41''', or shortened as '''s.Pz.B.41'''.<ref name="LoneSentry_SPzB41">Lone Sentry 2016</ref> Production of the weapon by Mauser ran between 1940-1943 with a total of 2,782 units produced, with a unit price of around 4,500 Reichsmarks each.<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41"/>
 The s.Pz.B.41's benefit was maintaining a high-velocity penetrating shell at a lighter weight than the [[PaK L/45 (37 mm)|37 mm PaK 36]], with the s.Pz.B.41 weighing 223 kg (~492 lb.) altogether,<ref name="TankArchives_SPzB41"/> while the PaK 36 weighed roughly 400 kg (~880 lb.).<ref name="WarDept_PaK36">War Department 1943, pg.113-114</ref>. The s.Pz.B.41 could also be disassembled and carried in a crew of five, further enhancing the weapon's mobility.

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 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.''
+<!--''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.''-->
 == Media ==
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 * ''encyclopedia page on weapon;''
 * ''other literature.''-->
-* [http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2016/08/schwere-panzerbuchse-41.html [Tank Archives<nowiki>]</nowiki> Schwere Panzerbüchse 41]
+* [http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2016/08/schwere-panzerbuchse-41.html [Tank Archives<nowiki>]</nowiki> Schwere Panzerbüchse 41] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210525130840/http://www.tankarchives.ca/2016/08/schwere-panzerbuchse-41.html Web Archive])
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 == Description ==
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+<!--Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.-->
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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 == General info ==
-''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''
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 === Available shells ===
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+<!--Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).-->
 === Comparison with analogues ===
-''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''
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 == Usage in battles ==
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 == External links ==
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''encyclopedia page on weapon;''
-* ''other literature.''
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