▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Pan zer fa ust ▁and ▁P anz ersch reck . ▁ ▁Am mun ition ▁ ▁The ▁St ur mp ist ole ▁was ▁a ▁multi - pur pose ▁weapon ▁for ▁signal ing , ▁ill um ination , ▁target ▁mark ing , ▁or ▁conce al ment ▁with ▁a ▁smoke ▁gr en ade . ▁ ▁Later ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁explos ive ▁r ounds ▁were ▁developed ▁to ▁give ▁German ▁troops ▁a ▁small ▁and ▁light weight ▁gr en ade ▁launch er ▁for ▁eng aging ▁targets ▁from ▁close ▁range ▁which ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁engaged ▁satisf actor ily ▁by ▁inf antry ▁weapons ▁or ▁art illery ▁without ▁end ang ering ▁friendly ▁troops . ▁ ▁Con versions ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁Le uch tp ist ole ▁ 3 4 ▁and ▁Le uch tp ist ole ▁ 4 2 ▁are ▁reported ▁to ▁exist . ▁ ▁The ▁conversion ▁included ▁adding ▁a ▁but t stock ▁and ▁s ights ▁for ▁the ▁different ▁gr en ades . ▁ ▁St ur mp ist oles ▁delivered ▁to ▁Roman ia ▁were ▁in ▁use ▁of ▁P ioni ere ▁batt al ions . ▁ ▁Av ailable ▁project iles ▁included : ▁▁ ▁Multi - Star ▁Sign al ▁Cart ridge ▁- ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁multi - star ▁signal ▁f lare ▁that ▁contained ▁three ▁red ▁and ▁three ▁green ▁stars ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁set ▁for ▁six ▁different ▁color ▁combinations . ▁Pan zerw ur f k ör per ▁ 4 2 ▁- ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁HE AT ▁gr en ade ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁against ▁enemy ▁arm or . ▁ ▁It ▁had ▁a