The Panzerfaust was simple to use, effective against enemy armour, and produced in huge numbers by the Germans. Alongside the Volkssturm militia, they played a key part in the final defence of the Nazi homeland. Needing little training to be effective, the Panzerfaust meant that Allied tankers needed to be on the lookout not just for the much-feared German ‘big cats’, but also for old men on bicycles armed with a weapon like this. The German Army first issued Panzerfausts in August 1943. They we