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Anti-tank warfare. Appearance. A soldier preparing to fire the FGR-17 Viper, an American experimental one-man disposable antitank rocket. Anti-tank warfare originated during World War I from the desire to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks. After the Allies deployed the first tanks in 1916, the German Empire introduced the first ...
An anti-tank gun is a form of artillery designed to destroy tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, normally from a static defensive position. [1] The development of specialized anti-tank munitions and anti-tank guns was prompted by the appearance of tanks during World War I. [2] To destroy hostile tanks, artillerymen often used field guns ...
The next day Rupprecht ordered all of the truck-mounted anti-aircraft guns in the 4th and 6th armies to the 2nd Army for use as anti-tank guns. [ 160 ] On 27 November, Ludendorff, Rupprecht and the Chiefs of Staff of Army Group "German Crown Prince" and the Seventh Army met at the 2nd Army headquarters in Le Cateau.
The Tankgewehr M1918 (transl.Tankgun), also known as the Mauser 13mm anti-tank rifle and T-Gewehr in English, [ 2 ][ 3 ] is a German anti-tank rifle [ 4 ] —the first rifle designed for the sole purpose of destroying armored targets—and the only anti-tank rifle to see service in World War I. Approximately 16,900 were produced.
Anti-tank rifle. An anti-tank rifle is an anti-materiel rifle designed to penetrate the armor of armored fighting vehicles, most commonly tanks, armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles. The term is usually used for weapons that can be carried and used by one person, but is sometimes used for larger weapons. [ 1 ]
The first attempt at boosting the power of German infantry rifles was the "reversed bullet". This used the same case and bullet as a normal round, except with the bullet seated backwards and additional propellant added to the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge. When fired, the blunt end of the bullet hit the target first.
3.7 mph (6.0 km/h) maximum [ 1 ] British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War. The Mark I was the world's first tank, a tracked, armed, and armoured vehicle, to enter combat. The name "tank" was initially a code name to maintain secrecy and disguise its true purpose.
AC 47 anti-tank gun France: World War II 47: 47 mm Schneider-Concordia Kingdom of Romania: World War II 50: 5 cm PaK 38 Nazi Germany: World War II 57: 57/76 Pst Finland: World War II 57: Bofors 57 mm anti-tank gun Sweden: World War II 57: 57 mm anti-tank gun M1941 and M1943 (ZiS-2) Soviet Union: World War II 57: QF 6 pounder 7 cwt United ...