PTRS-41

The PTRS-41 is the semi-automatic cousin of the PTRD anti-tank rifle.

PTRS-41
PTRS
Type	Anti-tank rifle
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1941-Present
Used by	Soviet Union, North Korea, China
Wars	World War II, Korean War, Chinese Civil War
Production history
Designer	Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov
Designed	1941
Produced	1941–1945
Variants	General specifications
Specifications
Weight	20.3 kg (46lbs)
Length	2100 mm (83 in)
Barrel length	1219 mm (47 in)
Cartridge	14.5x114mm
Muzzle velocity	1,114 m/s (3,320 ft/s)
Effective range	3,000 m
Maximum range	10,000 m
Feed system	5-round magazine

Design

The PTRS-41 was produced and used by the Soviet Union during World War II. In the years between the World Wars, the Soviet Union began experimenting with different types of armour-piercing anti-tank cartridges. Finding the 12.7x108mm insufficient, they began development of what would become the 14.5x114mm armour piercing round. Famous Soviet weapons designers such as Vasily Degtyaryov and Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov designed rifles to accommodate this cartridge. In 1938, Simonov designed the PTRS-41, a magazine fed, anti-tank rifle.

The five round magazine was loaded into the receiver and held under pressure by a swing magazine underneath. On firing the last round, the bolt is held open, and the magazine release catch can only be operated when the bolt is locked back. The gas-operated PTRS has a tendency to jam when dirty, and the 14.5 mm cartridge produces significant residue, blocking the gas port. The 14.5 mm armour-piercing bullet has a muzzle velocity of 1012 m/s and good ballistics. It can penetrate an armour plate up to 40 mm thick at a distance of 100 meters.

Boys anti-tank rifle

The Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55in, Boys commonly known as the "Boys Anti-tank Rifle"was a British anti-tank rifle. The Boys is often incorrectly spelled "Boyes". There were three main versions of the Boys, an early model (Mark I) which had a circularmuzzle brake and T shaped bipod, built primarily at BSA in England, a later model (Mk I*) built primarily at Jonathan Inglis in Toronto Canada, that had a square muzzle brake and a V shaped bipod, and a third model made for airborne forces with a 30-inch (762 mm) barrel and no muzzle brake. There were also different cartridges, with a later version offering better penetration.

Boys Anti-tank Rifle
Boys anti-tank rifle Mk I
Type	Anti-tank rifle
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1937 - 1943
Used by	See Users
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designed	1937
Manufacturer	Royal Small Arms Factory
Produced	1937 -
Number built	~62,000
Variants	Mk I, Mk II
Specifications
Weight	35 lb (16 kg)
Length	5 ft 2 in (1.575 m)
Barrel length	36 in. (910 mm); Airborne: 30 in. (762 mm)
Cartridge	Kynoch & RG .55 Boys (13.9x99mmB)
Calibre	.551 in (13.9 mm)
Action	Bolt
Rate of fire	~10 round/min
Muzzle velocity	747 (later 884) m/s (2,450.1 ft/s) (2,899.5 ft/s)
Effective range	16-19 mm penetration at 90° 100 yards (91 m)
Feed system	5 round detachable box magazine

Usage

•  United Kingdom
•  Australia – Nicknamed "Charlie the bastard"^{[citation needed]} (because of its heavy recoil compared to other, smaller-calibre rifles at the time)
•  Canada
•  China – some eventually rechambered for .50BMG rounds and used experimentally as sniper rifles
•  Finland – as 14 mm pst kiv/37, during the Winter War and the Continuation War.
•  France - Received a large shipment in exchange for 25mm anti-tank guns.
•  Germany Rifles captured after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Forces in Norway and France were given the namePanzerbüchse Boyes in German service.
•  Ireland
•  New Zealand
•  Philippines – Used by the Philippine Army and Philippine Constabulary during the Second World War and the Hukbalahap Rebellion
•  United States – Used by the US Marine Corps and nicknamed the "Elephant Gun", for its weight and recoil
•  USSR The Soviet Union received 3,200 Boys rifles via Lend-Lease.

Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr

The Mauser 13 mm anti-tank rifle (German: Mauser 13,2 mm Tank Abwehr Gewehr Mod. 18, usually abbreviated T-Gewehr) was the world's first anti-tank rifle, i.e. the first rifle designed for the sole purpose of destroying armored targets.

Mauser Mod. 1918 13.2 mm Tank Gewehr
13.2 mm Rifle Anti-Tank at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris
Type	Anti-tank rifle
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1918-?
Used by	German Empire
Wars	World War I
Production history
Manufacturer	Mauser
Produced	Jan 1918
Number built	15,800
Variants	M1918 shortened
Specifications
Weight	15.9 kg (35 lbs), 18.5 kg (41 lbs) loaded with the bipod
Length	169.1 cm
Crew	two man crew
Cartridge	13.2 mm TuF (German: Tank und Flieger)
Caliber	13.2 mm (.525 inches)
Action	bolt-action
Rate of fire	single shot
Effective range	500 m
Sights	100 - 500 m (notched V)

History

It was a German weapon of World War I, appearing in February 1918. The MauserCompany began mass production at Oberndorf am Neckar in May 1918. The first of these off the production lines were issued to specially raised anti-tank detachments. The idea of using heavy calibre and high velocity rifles as anti-tank weapons originated in Germany. In 1917 the German Army, faced with the menace of a mobile fortress (the British heavy tanks), found they had no infantry weapon which could counter the threat.

The 13.2 x 92mm (.525-caliber) semi-rimmed cartridge, often simply called "13 mm", was originally planned for a new, heavy Maxim MG.18 water-cooled machine gun, the Tank und Flieger (TuF) meaning for use against "tank and aircraft", which was under development and to be fielded in 1919.

The anti-tank rifle can be found in several museums: Patton Museum in Fort Knox, In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, the Imperial War Museum in London, United Kingdom, King's Own Royal Border Regiment Museum in the United Kingdom, the Army museum at the Invalides in Paris, and others.

Many modern rifles find their roots in the 13.2 mm Mauser, the most closely related being the Gepard rifle.

Luger P08 pistol

he Pistole Parabellum 1908 or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), popularly known as the Luger, is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The design was patented by Georg J. Luger in 1898 and produced by Germanarms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) starting in 1900; it was an evolution of the 1893 Hugo Borchardt designed C-93. It would be succeeded and partly replaced by the Walther P38.

The Luger was made popular by its use by Germany during World War I and World War II. Although the Luger pistol was first introduced in 7.65x22mm Parabellum, it is notable for being the pistol for which the 9x19mm Parabellum (also known as the 9mm Luger) cartridge was developed.

Luger P08 (Parabellum)
P08 of the German Reichsmarine
Type	Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	Germany (1908 – 1945) Switzerland (1908 – 1945) Other countries(1908-present)
Used by	See Users
Wars	World War I, Spanish Civil War, World War II, Second Sino-Japanese War,Chinese Civil War,Others
Production history
Designer	Georg J. Luger
Manufacturer	Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Imperial Arsenals of Erfurt and Spandau, Simson, Krieghoff, Mauser, Vickers, Waffenfabrick Bern
Produced	1908 – 1945
Specifications
Weight	1.92 lbs. (871 grams)
Length	8.75 in. (222 mm)
Barrel length	98 mm–203 mm (3.9 in–8.02 in.)
Cartridge	7.65x22mm Parabellum 9x19mm Parabellum
Action	Toggle-locked, short recoil
Rate of fire	Semi-automatic
Muzzle velocity	350-400 m/s or 1148-1312 f/s (9mm, 4 inch barrel)
Effective range	50 m (9mm, 4 inch barrel; short barrel)
Feed system	8-round detachable box magazine, 32-round detachable drum
Sights	Iron sights

Design details

The Luger uses a toggle-lock action, which uses a jointed arm to lock, as opposed to the slide actions of almost every other semi-automatic pistol. After a round is fired, the barrel and toggle assembly (both locked together at this point) travel rearward due to recoil. After moving roughly one-half inch (13 mm) rearward, the toggle strikes a cam built into the frame, causing the knee joint to hinge and the toggle and breech assembly to unlock. At this point the barrel stops its rearward movement (it impacts the frame), but the toggle and breech assembly continue moving (bending the knee joint) due to momentum, extracting the spent casing from the chamber and ejecting it. The toggle and breech assembly subsequently travel forward (under spring tension) and the next round from the magazine is loaded into the chamber. The entire sequence occurs in a fraction of a second. This mechanism worked well for higher pressure cartridges, but cartridges loaded to a lower pressure could cause the pistol to malfunction because they did not generate enough recoil to work the action fully. This resulted in either the breechblock not clearing the top cartridge of the magazine, or becoming jammed open on the cartridge's base.

In World War I, as submachine guns were found to be effective in trench warfare, experiments with converting various types of pistols to machine pistols(Reihenfeuerpistolen, literally "row-fire pistols" or "consecutive fire pistols") were conducted. Among those the Luger pistol (German Army designation Pistole 08) was examined; however, unlike the Mauser C96, which was converted in great numbers to Reihenfeuerpistolen, the Luger proved to have an excessive rate of fire in full-automatic mode.

The Luger pistol was manufactured to exacting standards and has a long service life.William "Bill" Ruger praised the Luger's 55 degree grip angle and duplicated it in his.22 LR pistol.

Winchester Model 1897

The Winchester Model 1897, also known as the Trench Gun, Model 97 and M97, was a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The Model 1897 was an evolution of the Winchester Model 1893 designed by John Browning. From 1897 until 1957, over one million of these shotguns were produced. The Model 1897 was offered in numerous barrel lengths and grades, chambered in 12 and 16 gauge, and as a solid frame or takedown. The 16-gauge guns had a standard barrel length of 28 inches, while 12-gauge guns were furnished with 30-inch length barrels. Special length barrels could be ordered in lengths as short as 20 inches, and as long as 36 inches. Since the time the Model 1897 was first manufactured it has been used by American soldiers, police departments, and hunters.

Winchester Model 1897 shotgun
Winchester Model 1897 shotgun
Type	Shotgun
Place of origin	United States
Service history
Used by	United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps,
Wars	Philippine-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War
Production history
Designer	John Browning
Manufacturer	Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Produced	1897–1957
Number built	1,024,700
Variants	See text
Specifications
Weight	8 lb (3.6 kg)
Length	391⁄4 in (1,000 mm)
Barrel length	20 in (510 mm)
Caliber	12-gauge
Action	Pump-action
Effective range	22 yards (20 meters)
Feed system	5-round tubular magazine

History

The Winchester Model 1897 was designed by the famous American firearms inventorJohn Moses Browning. The Model 1897 was first listed for sale in the November 1897 Winchester catalog as a 12 gauge solid frame. However, the 12 gauge takedown was added in October 1898, and the 16 gauge takedown in February 1900. Originally produced as a tougher, stronger and more improved version of the Winchester 1893, itself a takeoff on the early Spencer pump gun, the 1897 was identical to its forerunner, except that the receiver was thicker and allowed for use of smokeless powder shells, which were not common at the time. The 1897 introduced a "take down" design, where the barrel could be taken off; a standard in pump shotguns made today, like the Remington 870. Over time, “the model 97 became the most popular shotgun on the American market and established a standard of performance by which other kinds and makes of shotguns were judged, including the most expensive imported articles”. The Winchester Model 1897 was in production from 1897 until 1957. It was in this time frame that the "modern" hammerless designs became common, like the Winchester Model 1912 and the Remington 870 and the Model 1897 was superseded by the Winchester Model 1912. However, the gun can still be found today in regular use.