Anti-Tank Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

PzB-39 German Anti-Tank Rifle at RIA

April 8, 2015 Ian McCollum 35

Most countries still had anti-tank rifles in their military inventory at the beginning of WWII – the Solothurn S18-100, the Lahti L39, the Boys AT Rifle, the PTRD and PTRS, and so on. For Germany, […]

PTRD in Ukraine

October 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 41

Sviatoslav sent us this photo of a 1941 PTRD in recent use in Ukraine… Note the empty 14.5mm cartridge case under the gun.

Bonus Video: Lahti L39

April 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

I had the chance to shoot a 20mm L39 Lahti antitank rifle (cannon?) at a recent get-together. It is the cheapest of the 20mm guns you can generally find, but also one of the less […]

Soviet AT Rifle Performance

January 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, guys. My day job has gotten a bit hectic in the last week, and it’s really cutting into the time I have available to work on the site. […]

Disney Goes to War or, Stop That Tank!

May 31, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

During World War II, the Disney company joined in the Allied war effort by producing animated movie material at cost for the US government (they also created insignia mascots for hundreds of aircraft and warships […]

Japanese Type 97 20mm Anti-tank Rifle

May 1, 2013 Ian McCollum 47

Today’s article comes to us from, Christopher Bailey, who is particularly interested in finding information and photos of these kinds of antitank weapons. He is especially interested in high-quality photos, both period and modern. If you […]

Vintage Saturday: PTRD-41 in Russia

June 30, 2012 Ian McCollum 14

“Fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia.’” I think the other was “Don’t count on an anti-tank rifle to […]