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The 13.2 × 92 mm SR, also known as Mauser 13.2 mm TuF (German: Tank und Flieger; literally "tank and aircraft", historical military designation), is a semi-rimmed rifle and machine gun cartridge developed by the German Empire for anti-tank and anti-aircraft use which was introduced during World War I.
Comparison of a standard .303 British rifle cartridge and a 13.2 mm T-Gewehr cartridge The armour-piercing hardened steel cored 13.2×92mm (.525-inch) semi-rimmed cartridge, often simply called "13 mm", was originally planned for a new, heavy Maxim MG.18 water-cooled machine gun, the Tank und Flieger ( TuF ) meaning for use against "tank and ...
With the British deployment of the Mark IV tank, which had more armor thickness, the K bullet soon proved ineffective, leading the Germans to design highly specialized anti-tank solutions, with the creation of the powerful 13.2mm TuF cartridge and the first anti-tank rifle, the Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr. [5]
Swedish 6,5 mm m/94, 6.5×55mm Mauser; 7,62 mm ptr 10, 7.62×51mm NATO; 8 mm m/39, 7.92×57mm; 8 mm m/89, 8×58mmR Danish Krag; 8x63 mm patron m/32, 8×63mm Swedish MG; 12,7 mm m/40, 12.7×81mmSR Breda; 12,7 mm m/45, .50 BMG; 13,2 mm m/39, 13.2×99mm Hotchkiss
German anti-tank rifles originated back in 1917 with the Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr, the world's first anti-tank rifle, using a special 13.2 mm (0.52 in) cartridge. It was created in response to the appearance of the first British tanks on the Western Front. That single shot manually operated rifle enjoyed moderate success; approximately 15,800 ...
The MG 131 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 131, or "machine gun 131") was a German 13 mm caliber machine gun developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig and produced from 1940 to 1945. The MG 131 was designed for use at fixed, flexible or turreted , single or twin mountings in Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II .
13 0.224 28mm Bottlenecked high velocity PDW cartridge designed by FN Herstal. Designed in response to NATO requests for a replacement for the 9×19mm cartridge. Frequently used in the FN Five-seven Pistol. 5.8×42mm DBP87: 1987 China R 5.8×42mm 3100 1395 0.9 0.236 42mm Chinese service rifle QBZ-95: 6×57mm Mauser 1895 Germany R 6×57mm 2600 0 ...
A dual gun pedestal mount of the Free French Navy. The Hotchkiss 13.2 mm machine gun (French: Mitrailleuse Hotchkiss de 13,2 mm), also known as the Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun (Mle 1929, Mle 1930, etc), was a heavy machine gun, primarily intended for anti-aircraft use, designed and manufactured by French arms manufacturer Hotchkiss et Cie from the late 1920s until World War II, which saw ...