The Type 97 20-mm automatic anti-tank rifles were fairly accurate and effective, though the heavy recoil made the weapon inaccurate for soldiers not used to it. Normally used in semi-automatic mode, these weapons could be switched to fire in full automatic mode, reaching a very high rate ...
Boys As light tank development progressed through the interwar years, most nations worked on producing antitank weapons for the infantry. Early on, this was done by solid projectile, as early tanks were relatively lightly armored. Armor was quickly increased during WWII, and solid bullets had to ...
It is also true that for a general anti-materiel rifle the 15mm bullet would have been much better as well, but that kind of application was not the design goal of WW2 AT rifles. They were anti-tank (or at best anti-AFV) weapons, plain and simple, and any other anti-materiel use t...
tank weapon. One of the first, theMauser Panzergewehr M1918was little more than a scaled-up rifle designed to defeat relatively modest armor. More anti-tank rifles followed in the decades afterward up to the first years of WW2, but they all suffered from the same drawbacks. The rifles were...
Type Anti-Tank Rifle Caliber 7.920 mm Capacity 1 round Length 1.615 m Barrel Length 1.085 m Weight 15.900 kg Muzzle Velocity 1,210 m/s Contributor: C. Peter ChenThe Panzerbüchse 38 anti-tank rifles were designed by B. Brauer and built by the Gustloff-Werke in Suhl, Thuringia in central...
Type Anti-Tank Rifle Caliber 7.920 mm Capacity 1 round Length 1.620 m Barrel Length 1.085 m Weight 12.400 kg Rate of Fire 10 rounds/min Muzzle Velocity 1,210 m/s Contributor: C. Peter ChenThe Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank rifles were built by the Gustloff-Werke in Suhl, Thuringia in central...
九七式自動砲: The Japanese Type 97 20mm Anti-tank Rifle by Christopher Bailey In the middle part of the 1930’s, it became apparent to nearly all observers that another war was on the horizon. Recalling the lessons of the First World War, nations around the world each began their own pr...