http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=AT-Rifle_Team 2026-04-22T08:16:39Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.0 http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8584&oldid=prev 2023-06-17T15:25:08Z

<p>19 revisions imported</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="1" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:25, 17 June 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-notice" lang="en"><div class="mw-diff-empty">(No difference)</div> </td></tr></table>

imported>Administrator http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8583&oldid=prev 2022-11-04T17:13:41Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:13, 4 November 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The AT-Rifle team is a unit in Flames of War availble for the German army to recruit. In reality, German AT-rifles were largely an ad hoc collection of captured equipment, outdated weapons, or typically overengineered weapons that were introduced just too late to be relevant in the battlefields of WWII.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>AT-Rifle team<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>is a unit in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Flames of War<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>availble for the German army to recruit. In reality, German AT-rifles were largely an ad hoc collection of captured equipment, outdated weapons, or typically overengineered weapons that were introduced just too late to be relevant in the battlefields of WWII.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Nubnuber http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8582&oldid=prev 2022-06-27T18:57:20Z

<p><span class="autocomment">IRL</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:57, 27 June 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR, Japan, and Finland. The most likely weapons you&#039;ll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the Russians and British had both made 5 shot versions (The Boyes and the PTRS-41). Even the Katana wielders figured out how to make their [[Awesome|Type 97s take 20mm ammunition.]] Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning machine guns to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT&#039;s to deal with heavier armour.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR, Japan, and Finland. The most likely weapons you&#039;ll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the Russians and British had both made 5 shot versions (The Boyes and the PTRS-41). Even the Katana wielders figured out how to make their [[Awesome|Type 97s take 20mm ammunition.]] Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning machine guns to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT&#039;s to deal with heavier armour.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of its shortcomings they were retained until 1944 (when armor technology had long exceeded the ability for the AT rifle to remain relevant) and was completely phased out in favor of more powerful weapons such as the Panzerfaust and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Panzershrek</del>, or were converted to fire rifle grenades. Today, the AT rifle concept is still in service as an "anti-materiel rifle". After all, why chuck an expensive guided missile at a target like a truck or car when a couple of .50 cal bullets/shells will do the work just fine...</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of its shortcomings they were retained until 1944 (when armor technology had long exceeded the ability for the AT rifle to remain relevant) and was completely phased out in favor of more powerful weapons such as the Panzerfaust and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Panzerschreck</ins>, or were converted to fire rifle grenades. Today, the AT rifle concept is still in service as an "anti-materiel rifle". After all, why chuck an expensive guided missile at a target like a truck or car when a couple of .50 cal bullets/shells will do the work just fine...</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}</div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Lord Of The Lemmings http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8581&oldid=prev 2022-06-27T18:56:31Z

<p><span class="autocomment">IRL</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:56, 27 June 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Pzb39.jpg|thumb|"If <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>Soviet tanks are as strong as they say, what good is das Gewehr gonna be?"]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Pzb39.jpg|thumb|"If <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ze </ins>Soviet tanks are as strong as they say, what good is das Gewehr gonna be?"]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Lord Of The Lemmings http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8580&oldid=prev 2022-06-27T18:55:58Z

<p><span class="autocomment">IRL</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:55, 27 June 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Pzb.39</del>.jpg|thumb|"If the Soviet tanks are as strong as they say, what good is das Gewehr gonna be?"]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Pzb39</ins>.jpg|thumb|"If the Soviet tanks are as strong as they say, what good is das Gewehr gonna be?"]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Lord Of The Lemmings http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8579&oldid=prev 2022-06-27T18:55:43Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:55, 27 June 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Pzb.39.jpg|thumb|"If the Soviet tanks are as strong as they say, what good is das Gewehr gonna be?"]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Lord Of The Lemmings http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8578&oldid=prev 2022-03-17T23:14:08Z

<p><span class="autocomment">IRL</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:14, 17 March 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR, and Finland. The most likely weapons you'll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dirty Katana wielders </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>British had both <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">taken a look at the idea, and both simplified it and </del>made <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them into five-</del>shot <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bolt action </del>versions <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or just a light 20mm cannon </del>(the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Boys and </del>the Type <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">97)</del>. Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning machine guns to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT's to deal with heavier armour.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Japan</ins>, and Finland. The most likely weapons you'll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Russians </ins>and British had both made <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">5 </ins>shot versions (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Boyes and </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">PTRS-41). Even </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katana wielders figured out how to make their [[Awesome|</ins>Type <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">97s take 20mm ammunition</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning machine guns to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT's to deal with heavier armour.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of its shortcomings they were retained until 1944 (when armor technology had long exceeded the ability for the AT rifle to remain relevant) and was completely phased out in favor of more powerful weapons such as the Panzerfaust and Panzershrek, or were converted to fire rifle grenades. Today, the AT rifle concept is still in service as an &quot;anti-materiel rifle&quot;. After all, why chuck an expensive guided missile at a target like a truck or car when a couple of .50 cal bullets/shells will do the work just fine...</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of its shortcomings they were retained until 1944 (when armor technology had long exceeded the ability for the AT rifle to remain relevant) and was completely phased out in favor of more powerful weapons such as the Panzerfaust and Panzershrek, or were converted to fire rifle grenades. Today, the AT rifle concept is still in service as an &quot;anti-materiel rifle&quot;. After all, why chuck an expensive guided missile at a target like a truck or car when a couple of .50 cal bullets/shells will do the work just fine...</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}</div></td></tr> </table>

66.135.76.67 http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8577&oldid=prev 2022-03-14T05:20:15Z

<p><span class="autocomment">IRL</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:20, 14 March 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture [[Tau|a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!]] Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the &#039;&#039;Tankgewehr&#039;&#039;. While it had a good chance of breaking the user&#039;s collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR, and Finland. The most likely weapons you'll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the dirty <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">commies </del>and the British had both taken a look at the idea, and both simplified it and made them into five-shot bolt action versions (the Boys and the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">PTRD</del>). Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">machineguns </del>to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT's to deal with heavier armour.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR, and Finland. The most likely weapons you'll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the dirty <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katana wielders </ins>and the British had both taken a look at the idea, and both simplified it and made them into five-shot bolt action versions <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or just a light 20mm cannon </ins>(the Boys and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Type 97</ins>). Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">machine guns </ins>to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT's to deal with heavier armour.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of its shortcomings they were retained until 1944 (when armor technology had long exceeded the ability for the AT rifle to remain relevant) and was completely phased out in favor of more powerful weapons such as the Panzerfaust and Panzershrek, or were converted to fire rifle grenades. Today, the AT rifle concept is still in service as an &quot;anti-materiel rifle&quot;. After all, why chuck an expensive guided missile at a target like a truck or car when a couple of .50 cal bullets/shells will do the work just fine...</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of its shortcomings they were retained until 1944 (when armor technology had long exceeded the ability for the AT rifle to remain relevant) and was completely phased out in favor of more powerful weapons such as the Panzerfaust and Panzershrek, or were converted to fire rifle grenades. Today, the AT rifle concept is still in service as an &quot;anti-materiel rifle&quot;. After all, why chuck an expensive guided missile at a target like a truck or car when a couple of .50 cal bullets/shells will do the work just fine...</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}</div></td></tr> </table>

2607:FB90:8291:89FB:5E6C:105D:1642:F1AE http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8576&oldid=prev 2022-01-14T22:33:33Z

<p><span class="autocomment">IRL</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:33, 14 January 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR, and Finland. The most likely weapons you&#039;ll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the dirty commies and the British had both taken a look at the idea, and both simplified it and made them into five-shot bolt action versions (the Boys and the PTRD). Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning machineguns to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT&#039;s to deal with heavier armour.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR, and Finland. The most likely weapons you&#039;ll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the dirty commies and the British had both taken a look at the idea, and both simplified it and made them into five-shot bolt action versions (the Boys and the PTRD). Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning machineguns to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT&#039;s to deal with heavier armour.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of its shortcomings they were retained until 1944 (when armor technology had long exceeded the ability for the AT rifle to remain relevant) and was completely phased out in favor of more powerful weapons such as the Panzerfaust and Panzershrek, or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">where </del>converted to fire rifle grenades. Today, the AT rifle concept is still in service as an "anti-materiel rifle". After all, why chuck an expensive guided missile at a target like a truck or car when a couple of .50 cal bullets/shells will do the work just fine...</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In spite of its shortcomings they were retained until 1944 (when armor technology had long exceeded the ability for the AT rifle to remain relevant) and was completely phased out in favor of more powerful weapons such as the Panzerfaust and Panzershrek, or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were </ins>converted to fire rifle grenades. Today, the AT rifle concept is still in service as an "anti-materiel rifle". After all, why chuck an expensive guided missile at a target like a truck or car when a couple of .50 cal bullets/shells will do the work just fine...</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}</div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Lord Of The Lemmings http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=AT-Rifle_Team&diff=8575&oldid=prev 2021-12-23T17:19:08Z

<p><span class="autocomment">IRL</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:19, 23 December 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==IRL==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place! Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the ''Tankgewehr''. While it had a good chance of breaking the user's collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Origin of the Anti-tank Rifle started in the battlefields of WWI. See, there were these big fat [[Rhino|METHUWL BAWKSES]] called armoured cars, which both sides hated very much. Now, early attempts by both sides to make standard infantry rifles work as AT rifles... range from interesting but overdone to absolutely terrible, look it up for a good laugh. By the time even the kinks in these weapons had been ironed out, the Germans brought up their own solution: just manufacture <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Tau|</ins>a dedicated rifle meant to shoot armoured vehicles in the first place!<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>Enter the Mauser M1918, also known as the ''Tankgewehr''. While it had a good chance of breaking the user's collarbone if shouldered incorrectly and produced a ton of noise, the design was surprisingly effective. The design was relatively straightforward: combine the idea of a bolt action rifle and a breech loading cannon, strap it into a system that can be fired from the ground, throw a big fucking round into the gun, aim at a tank, and turn the occupants into mush.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR, and Finland. The most likely weapons you&#039;ll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the dirty commies and the British had both taken a look at the idea, and both simplified it and made them into five-shot bolt action versions (the Boys and the PTRD). Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning machineguns to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT&#039;s to deal with heavier armour.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the end of the war, AT rifle development slowed, with very few actually being developed outside of Poland, Britain, Germany, the USSR, and Finland. The most likely weapons you&#039;ll be looking at on these models is the Panzerbüchse 38, a renamed Mauser M1918, and Panzerbüchse 39, a version with a slightly larger round, but otherwise had no real changes compared to his daddy the 38. In spite of this, the PzBs both shared the traditional German weapon problem of being way too complex to operate reliably on a battlefield. Its mechanical system was incredibly complex, which slowed production and made maintenance a pain in the ass. Worse was that the dirty commies and the British had both taken a look at the idea, and both simplified it and made them into five-shot bolt action versions (the Boys and the PTRD). Once the allies discovered the AT-rifle had become irrelevant against heavier armor, they simply replaced them with M2 Browning machineguns to deal with lighter threats, and developed Bazookas and PIAT&#039;s to deal with heavier armour.</div></td></tr> </table>

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