As Allied tanks began breaking trench warfare stalemates in World War 1, Germany rushed to field a dedicated countermeasure. The Tankgewehr M1918 was the first weapon designed specifically to ...

Military hardware is not typically an area where there is a “chicken and egg” question as to what came first – as countermeasures almost always come as a result of a new weapon platform. Such was the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The rifle did a reasonably good job of stopping enemy tanks, which typically had just 12mm of armor protection at that point, but it was really too late to turn or ...