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Название: The Anti-Tank Rifle
Автор: Steven J. Zaloga, Johnny Shumate
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Weapon 60
ISBN: 978 1472817228
Год издания: 2018
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 14,8 MB
The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks. Anti-tank rifles became commonplace in the inter-war years and in the early campaigns of World War II in Poland and the Battle of France, which saw renewed use in the form of the British .55in Boys anti-tank rifle - also used by the US Marine Corps in the Pacific. The French campaign made it clear that the day of the anti-tank rifle was ending due to the increasing thickness of tank armour.