Anti-Tank Rifles
PGM Precision Hecate II at the Range
Today, we are taking the PGM Precision Hecate II out to the range. It is a rifle designed for use out to 1800m, but I have neither the skills myself nor the range facility to […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Anti-Tank Rifles
PGM Hecate II: A Battle-Hardened .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle
Courtesy of PGM Precision USA, we have a chance to take a look at a Hecate II sniper rifle today. This rifle’s story begins with the Ultima Ratio, a classic-based 7.62mm precision rifle designed by […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Why Antitank Rifles Were Not Sniper Rifles
When talking about antitank rifles, I often hear people ask why such things were not fitted with telescopic sights and used as snipers’ rifles. So today, I figured I’d take a few minutes to explain […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Boys Anti-Tank Rifle: Mk I and Mk I* Improvements
These rifles are lots #1087 and #1088 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction: The Boys Anti-Tank Rifle was adopted by the British military in 1937, and remained in production until 1943 when it was replaced by […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Denel NTW 20: A Multi-Caliber Anti-Material Rifle
Created by noted South African gun designer Tony Neophytou, the NTW-20 is a bolt action anti-material rifle made in 20x82mm, 20x110mm, and 14.5x115mm. The weapon began as idea to use the large quantities of surplus […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
PTRD 41: The Simple Soviet Antitank Rifle of WWII
The Soviet Union had originally eschewed the use of large numbers of antitank rifles, anticipating that any potential combat use of them would be largely against tanks impervious to AT rifle cartridges. However, when […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
PIAT: Britain’s Answer to the Anti-Tank Rifle Problem
The British began World War Two with the Boys antitank rifle, but like all antitank rifles it rather quickly became obsolete. The replacement for it was adopted in 1942 as the PIAT – Projector, Infantry, […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Solothurn S18-1000: The Pinnacle of Anti-Tank Rifles
Among all the antitank rifles developed between the World Wars, the highest quality and most sophisticated was the Solothurn S18-1000. It fires the 20x138B cartridge which was also used in the Finnish Lahti L-39 and […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Kurdish Zagros and Şer Anti-Materiel Rifles
Thanks to correspondent Ed Nash (he gave me permission to use his name after I had recorded the video), I have a number of really interesting photos and video clips of YPG (Kurdish) locally-produced anti-materiel […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Prototype Winchester WW1 .50 Cal Antitank Rifle
With the advent of the tank in World War One, antitank rifles became a priority for many countries, to provide infantry with some weapon to counter the new armored threat. The best known example of […]