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. The usefulness of rifles for this purpose ran from the introduction of tanks in World War I until the Korean War. While medium and heavy tank armor became too thick to be penetrated by rigid projectiles from rifles that could be carried by a single soldier, anti-tank rifles continued to be used against other "soft" targets, though recoilless rifles and rocket-propelled grenades such as the bazooka were also introduced for infantry close-layer defense against tanks.

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man-portable anti-tank system, personal anti-tank weapon, rifle, 

anti-tank weapon, automatic rifle, Batignolles-Châtillon tank, BOV M11, Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle, CCV-L, EE-17 Sucuri, Lahti L-39, Landsverk L-110, M1128 mobile gun system, M113 ABRA, M113FüFu, Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr, MOWAG Piranha 4x4 IB, Oerlikon heavy, Panzerbüchse 38, Panzerbüchse M.SS41, personal anti-tank weapon, Pionierpanzer 1, PTRD-41, PTRS-41, PzKpfw I Ausf A - Flammenwerfer, PzKpfw I Ausf A - Munitionsschlepper Sd.Kfz. 111, PzKpfw I Ausf A - ohne Aufbau, PzKpfw I Ausf B - Ladungsleger auf Fgst, PzKpfw I Ausf B - ohne Aufbau, PzKpfw I Ausf B - Sd.Kfz. 101, PzKpfw Ia und Ib - Munitionsschlepper, PzKpfw II Ausf a/1 a/2 und a/3 - Sd.Kfz. 121, PzKpfw II Ausf c, A, B und C - Sd.Kfz. 121, PzKpfw II Ausf D und E, PzKpfw II Ausf G, PzKpfw II Flamm Ausf A und B, PzKpfw II nA Ausf H und M, Unknown, Radschützenpanzer 93, rifle, Rukavishnikova antitank rifle, Saurer RR-7, Sd.Kfz. 250/8, Sd.Kfz. 260, Solothurn S-18/100, Solothurn S-18/1000, Solothurn S-18/1100, Solothurn-Arsenal, Tatra T-III, Type 2592, Type 97 automatic cannon, weapon functional class, Wz. 35, Škoda LKMVP, Škoda Voss, 

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  Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle ⓘ
  Carl Gustaf 20mm recoilless rifle, formal name Pansarvärnsgevär m/42

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  Oerlikon heavy anti-tank rifle ⓘ
  

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  Panzerbüchse 38 ⓘ
  German anti-tank rifle

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  Solothurn S-18/100 ⓘ
  anti-tank rifle

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  Solothurn S-18/1000 ⓘ
  Swiss anti-tank rifle

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  Solothurn S-18/1100 ⓘ
  type of Large caliber rifleanti-tank rifleanti-aircraft gun

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  Type 97 automatic cannon ⓘ
  Japanese semi-automatic anti-tank rifle

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr ⓘ
  German anti-tank rifle

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  Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle ⓘ
  Polish anti-tank rifle

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  Panzerbüchse M.SS41 ⓘ
  

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  Solothurn-Arsenal ⓘ
  Estonian copy of the Swiss S-18/100 anti-tank rifle, manufactured 1937-1940

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  Lahti L-39 ⓘ
  anti-tank rifle

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  Rukavishnikova antitank rifle ⓘ
  

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  PTRD-41 ⓘ
  anti-tank rifle

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  PTRS-41 ⓘ
  anti-tank rifle

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		Carl Gustaf 20 mm recoilless rifle	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon		Oerlikon heavy anti-tank rifle	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon		Panzerbüchse 38	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon		Solothurn S-18/100	anti-materiel rifle, anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon		Solothurn S-18/1000	anti-materiel rifle, anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon		Solothurn S-18/1100	anti-materiel rifle, anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon		Type 97 automatic cannon	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon		Unknown	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon	1918	Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon	1935	Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon	1937	Panzerbüchse M.SS41	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon	1937	Solothurn-Arsenal	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon	1939	Lahti L-39	anti-tank rifle, semi-automatic firearm	Wikidata
class	weapon	1939	Rukavishnikova antitank rifle	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon	1941	PTRD-41	single-shot rifle, partially automatic weapon, anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
class	weapon	1941	PTRS-41	anti-tank rifle	Wikidata
commons	image		ATRBoys2		Commons
commons	image		ПТРБойс1		Commons
commons	image		PTRS 41		Commons