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The semi-automatic anti-tank rifle was used extensively on the Eastern Front in World War II. It was used successfully by Hero of the Soviet Union Sergeant Yakov Pavlov during the Battle of Stalingrad when the NCO led the defence of Pavlov's House in the city after he mounted rifles on the building's roof.
PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow. Anti-tank rifles were introduced in some armies before the Second World War to provide infantry with a stand-off weapon when confronted with a tank assault. The intention was to preserve the morale of the infantry by providing a weapon that could actually defeat a tank.
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 ]
Boys anti-tank rifle (British Boys anti-tank rifle used as 14 mm Pst Kiv/37. 100 Received in January 1940 and another 100 after Winter War) [157] [159] [160] Lahti L-39 (Produced after Winter War) [157] [161] Solothurn S-18/100 (Only 12 Solothurn S-18s in Finnish service.) [160]
Anti-tank rifle: 14.5×114mm Soviet Union: Single-shot reloadable rifle. PTRS-41: Anti-tank rifle: 14.5×114mm Soviet Union: 5-round internal magazine. M1 Bazooka: Recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher: 60 mm United States: Single-shot reloadable launcher. 3,000 supplied by the United States during the Lend-Lease program. PIAT: Anti-tank ...
In 1940, weapons were critically short; there was a particular scarcity of anti-tank weapons, many of which had been left in France. Ironside had only 170 2-pounder anti-tank guns but these were supplemented by 100 Hotchkiss 6-pounder guns dating from the First World War, [141] improvised into the anti-tank role by the provision of solid shot. [97]
1.3 Anti-tank rifles. 1.4 Semi-automatic pistols. ... This is a list of World War II weapons of Switzerland. Small arms ... ~12+ Tankbüchse Solo 40 ...
Panzerbüchse (German: "anti-tank rifles") Panzerbüchse 35 (polnisch) (PzB 35(p)) - a captured Polish Kb ppanc wz.35 anti-tank rifle; Panzerbüchse 38 anti-tank rifle; Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank rifle; Panzerbüchse Boyes - a captured British Boys 0.55 Anti-tank rifle; Rocket weapons Raketen-Panzerbüchse 43 ('rocket tank rifle 43'), aka ...