![]() The rifle fired a steel core armor-piercing round specifically designed for the purpose of being used with this rifle. The recoil of this weapon was so high that it was known to break collar bones and dislocate shoulders. This weapon had a two-man crew: one to load and the other to fire the weapon, although they often switched roles. The rifle weighed 41 lb (19 kg) when loaded, fired a 13.2 mm round weighing 55.5 g (1.96 oz), and had an effective range of about 1,600 ft (500 m). The rifle was designed to penetrate the thick armor of the British tanks. Later, the Germans developed the T-Gewehr anti-tank rifle, which can be credited with being the first anti-materiel rifle. As a counter, the Germans first used “direct fire mortars” which were mortars aimed at low angles pointing towards enemy tanks. The Mark I could cross ditches up to nine-foot (2.7 m) wide, which made it a major threat to infantry in trench defenses. ![]() The need for Anti-tank rifles was first encountered by the Germans when faced with the British Mark 1 tank. The history of anti-materiel rifles dates back to use during the First World War.
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